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cryptobiotic en · ADJ

Etymology

From crypto- + -biotic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or related to cryptobiosis.
    • As we made our way around the plot, Zaq explained that the majority of the surrounding ground is made up of cryptobiotic soil, a living crust that takes upwards of ten thousand years to develop but is capable of being completely destroyed by a single misplaced footstep. 2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE:
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Relating to early simple organisms that have left no trace of their existence.

Translations (3)

pl anabiotyczny (of or related to cryptobiosis) · fi kryptobioottinen (of or related to cryptobiosis) · pt criptobiótico (of or related to cryptobiosis)