— cryptozoologist , n. — cryptozoological /krip'toh zoh'euh loj"i keuhl/ , adj.
/krip'toh zoh ol"euh jee/ , n.
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.
[ CRYPTO- + ZOOLOGY ]