cryptozoology

cryptozoology
cryptozoologist, n.cryptozoological /krip'toh zoh'euh loj"i keuhl/, adj.
/krip'toh zoh ol"euh jee/, n.
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.
[CRYPTO- + ZOOLOGY]

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