“cryptid”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cryptid

释义

cryptid, n.
Brit. |ˈkrɪptɪd|, U.S. |ˈkrɪptəd|
[‹ crypto- comb. form + -id suffix³.]
An animal whose existence or survival to the present day is disputed or unsubstantiated.
1983J. E. Wall in ISC Newslet. (Internat. Soc. Cryptozool.) Summer 10/3 It was suggested that new terms be coined to replace sensational and often misleading terms like ‘monster’. My suggestion is ‘cryptid’, meaning a living thing having the quality of being hidden or unknown.1987Cryptozoology 6 3 We know little or nothing about the population densities or reproductive rates of so-called ‘cryptids’.1999Science 5 Nov. 1079/1 From the legendary ‘Abominable Snowman’, or Yeti, of the Himalayas to real creatures such as the Tasmanian tiger,..improbable beasts called ‘cryptids’ now have a new shrine.2002G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 257/2 Nowadays, any New Jersey cryptid, from an eastern puma to a hairy biped, is designated a Jersey devil by the media.

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