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Cryptozoon

[ krip-tuh-zoh-on ]

noun

  1. an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cryptozoon1

From New Latin, dating back to 1883; crypto-, -zoon

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