cryptobiotic

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English

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ -biotic.

Adjective

cryptobiotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to cryptobiosis.
    • 2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE:
      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.

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