cryptozoology
noun
the study of evidence tending to substantiate the existence of, or the search for, creatures whose reported existence is unproved, as the Abominable Snowman or the Loch Ness monster.
cryptozoological
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a word derived from
cryptozoology.
Example Sentences
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Bigfoot became a true cryptozoological blockbuster in 1967 with the release of the controversial footage known as the Patterson-Gimlin film.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2023
Those challenges are exacerbated by the special lexicon of this series, which involves so many fantastical geographical references and cryptozoological figures that I began to worry that the Aesi had erased my mind, too.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
This story finds the secret cryptozoological science organization Monarch still monitoring the existence of the giants called Titans that include Godzilla.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2019
The Yeti of the cryptozoological literature is not the shaggy-furred, white snowbeast of Hollywood movies and popular artwork.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2013
Now, thanks to YouTube – where there is a new cryptozoological sensation every day, from mammoths filmed wandering in the Siberian tundra, to Sasquatch loping through the Canadian backwoods – we're attuned to duplicity.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2013
