CRYPTOZOON


Meaning of CRYPTOZOON in English

/krip'teuh zoh"on/ , n.

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

[ 1883; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .