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Definition of Cryptobiotic
1. Adjective. Of or related to the state of cryptobiosis.
Definition of Cryptobiotic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to cryptobiosis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptobiotic
Literary usage of Cryptobiotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"Protection against enemies is distinguished as passive and active, the former
comprising the cryptobiotic instincts (in the sense of ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1899)
"Such natures are constitutionally secretive, taciturn or cryptobiotic, and hug
or nurse trifles sometimes purely imaginary until they fill the whole field ..."
3. The North American Medical and Surgical Journal by Kappa Lambda Association of the United States (1827)
"... it is true, so that there are infinite gradations from the minimum up to the
maximum state of life. Bodies may be divided therefore in cryptobiotic, ..."
4. Pamphlets in Philology and the Humanities by Edward Wheeler Scripture, Fred Newton Scott, Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay, Clarence Linton Meader, Carl Schurz, Merle Harrold Thorpe, James Geddes, Calvin Milton Woodward, Orestes Pearle Rhyne, Claud Howard, Roger Wells, Otto Eduard Lessing (1907)
"Such natures are constitutionally secretive, taciturn or cryptobiotic, and hug
or nurse trifles sometimes purely imaginary until they fill the whole field ..."
5. The Globalist Papers by Samuel C. Avery (2005)
"... and cryptobiotic soils. Dust plumes piled, billowed, and sett led back to
earth as the snarl of spark plugs and pistons trailed off in the distance. ..."
6. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"... to disturbance of the cryptobiotic crust of the desert is almost immediate
germinating in the small depressions formed after breaking it. ..."
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