Usually means: Study of hidden or unknown animals.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word cryptozoology:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. cryptozoology: Merriam-Webster
  2. cryptozoology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cryptozoology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cryptozoology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cryptozoology, cryptozoology: Wordnik
  6. cryptozoology: Wiktionary
  7. cryptozoology: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cryptozoology: Dictionary.com
  9. Cryptozoology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cryptozoology: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cryptozoology: A Word A Day
  2. Cryptozoology, cryptozoology: The Skeptic's Dictionary
  3. cryptozoology: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cryptozoology: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cryptozoology)

▸ noun:  Study of cryptids, animals whose existence has not been proven.

Similar:
cryptozoölogy, cryptid, astrozoology, cryptosphere, neozoology, cryptozoa, Bigfootologist, zoöphaga, zoöphobia, cryptofauna, more...

Opposite:
zoology, mainstream biology

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Similar:
cryptozoölogy, cryptid, astrozoology, cryptosphere, neozoology, cryptozoa, Bigfootologist, zoöphaga, zoöphobia, cryptofauna, more...

Opposite:
zoology, mainstream biology



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