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- adjective cryptozoology Of or pertaining to
cryptozoology .
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Examples
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But Kirk believes British Columbia is in a class by itself for what he calls cryptozoological encounters.
Ottawa Sun 2009
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But Kirk believes British Columbia is in a class by itself for what he calls cryptozoological encounters.
Edmonton Sun 2009
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Meanwhile, Loren Coleman puts this serpent search in cryptozoological context, surveying other tales of giant snakes.
Boing Boing 2007
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Accuracy and self-correction in cryptozoological writing
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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It is entirely appropriate that I have been accused of being pedantic when reviewing certain cryptozoological works.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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While it is certainly true that few people involved in cryptozoological research are collating and analysing their data in a manner comparable with that of other branches of science (indeed most cryptozoological research is manifested as popular or semi-technical writing), this does not mean that such potential does not exist, as demonstrated by empirical studies on cryptozoological data (e.g. Fahrenbach 1998, Daegling & Schmitt 2000, Heinselman 2001).
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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But I personally don’t see any problems with the idea that ‘ordinary’ zoologists actually do engage in cryptozoological research at times, it’s just that they tend not to identify the research as such.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The researchers who specialize in looking for so-called cryptozoological creatures - in other words, monsters - spent Saturday on the lake probing the depths with a sonar-like fish finder.
Ottawa Sun 2009
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The researchers who specialize in looking for so-called cryptozoological creatures - in other words, monsters - spent Saturday on the lake probing the depths with a sonar-like fish finder.
Edmonton Sun 2009
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The premiere utilization of the term "cryptozoological," in English, was in 1961, in
Cryptomundo 2009
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