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Meaning of cryptobiotic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Of or related to cryptobiosis.
    not-comparable
  2. Relating to early simple organisms that have left no trace of their existence.
    not-comparable, obsolete

Equivalents

Suomi kryptobioottinen
Polski anabiotyczny
Português criptobiótico

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cryptobranchiate cryptocephaline cryptochiral cryptococcal cryptococcic cryptococcomal

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