Any creature that may or may not exist. Sightings of various cryptids have been reported, but their reality has not been proved.(noun)
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Use "cryptid" in a sentence
"After previously reading the reliable not "cryptid" information that the 18th century French "Beast of Gevaudan" attacks were potentially caused by miraculously late-surviving Eocene predators called mesonychids, such as Andrewsarchus, I featured this in July."
"The only "cryptid" I really believe in is the ominpresence of the cougar / mountain lion in much of the eastern United States."
"Particular interest is in any information that adds to our factual understanding of all things 'cryptid'."