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Cryptozoic en · PROPN

Etymology

From crypto- + -zoic, as any life from the period was considered to be hidden from scientific examination.

Meanings

(archaic) An eon or other time period before the Cambrian, when the fossils of hard-shelled animals first appeared in the geological record.

Synonyms

Pre-Cambrian · Precambrian

Translations (1)

de Kryptozoikum (Cryptozoic)