cryptozoology

[krip-toh-zoh-ol-uh-jee]

cryp·to·zo·ol·o·gy

[krip-toh-zoh-ol-uh-jee]
noun
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.

Origin:
crypto- + zoology

cryp·to·zo·ol·o·gist, noun
cryp·to·zo·o·log·i·cal [krip-toh-zoh-uh-loj-i-kuhl] , adjective
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Cryptozoology has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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cryptozoology (ˌkrɪptəʊzəʊˈɒlədʒɪ, -zuː-)
 
n
the study of creatures, such as the Loch Ness monster, whose existence has not been scientifically proved

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