cryptozoic

See also: Cryptozoic

English edit

From crypto- +‎ -zoic.

cryptozoic (not comparable)

(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
Synonym: cryptic
(chiefly soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible.
- 2012, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods, page 85:
  The arthropods of the forest biome can be divided into two ecological groups: the cryptozoic inhabitants of the soil and leaf litter, and the terrestrial and arboreal forms that live in more exposed localities.
(parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite.