Oryptobranchus 
1380 
Cryptonemiese 
Algae, Lichaies, and /'<;/. \',\ recent authorities the 
Lichenes are merged with the Fiuii/i. The number of 
known species is very large. In Great Britain the t'nngi 
alone are nearly twice as numerous as the phreno^ams. It 
is probable that in less explored regions many species are 
yet undiscovered. 
Cryptobranchus (krip-to-brang'kus), (. [NL., CryptOCOChlides (krip-to-kok'li-dez), n. pi. 
< Gr. KpimrAf, hidden, + Ppdyxof, in pi. equiv. [NL. (Latreille, 1825), < Gr. Kpwrroc, hidden, + 
to /ipdyxia, gills.] The typical genus of the Kox'-if, shell.] A section of pectinibranchiate 
family CryptobrancMda, containing the gigan- gastropods, proposed for the genus Sigaretus. 
tic salamander of Japan, Cryptobranchus maxi- cryptocrystalline (krip-to-kris'ta-lin), a. [< 
mus, which sometimes attains a length of 6 feet, Gr. Kpirn-ruf, hidden, secret, + crystalline.] In- cryptogamian (krip-to-ga'mi-an), it. [< Cryp- 
distinctly or imperfectly crystalline: used of toyamiu + -""] Same as cn/ptogaaums. 
a mineral whose structure is so fine that its cryptogamip (krip-to-gam'ik), a. [As cryptoy- 
crystalline character is not apparent to the '-* + -ic.] Pertaining or relating to the 
eye, or which is semi-amorphous; also of a Cryptogamia; cryptogamous: as, cryptogamiv 
rock, or of its base, in which no definite charac- 
ter is discernible in the constituent particles, 
even with the microscope. See microcrystalline. 
cryptocrystallization (krip"t6-kris"ta-li-za'- 
shon), n. [< Gr. KpinrrAf, hidden, + "crystal- cryptogamist (krip-tog'a-mist), n. [< Crypfo- 
Hzation.] Crystallization yielding a crypto- gamia + -int.] One who is skilled in crypto- 
erystalline structure. gamic botany. 
and is the largest living amphibian . The genus 
is better known under the name of Sicboldia. 
Crypto-Calvinist (krip"t6-kal'vin-ist), n. [< 
Gr. /cpiOTroV, hidden, secret, + Calvinist.] One 
who is secretly a Calvinist : a term applied in 
Germany in the sixteenth century by the ortho- 
dox Lutherans to the Philippists or Melanch- 
thonians, followers of Philip Melanchthon. They 
were accused of being secretly Calvinists, because they 
maintained the Calvinistic view of the eucharist, rejecting 
Luther's doctrine of consubstantiution (as it was called by 
them). 
Crypto-Calvinistic (krip*t6-kal-vin-is'tik), a. crypto-deist (krip"to-de'ist), . [< Gr. ,,-' "i, 
[< Crypto-Calvinist + -ic.] Of or pertaining hidden, + deist.] One who is secretly a deist. 
to the Crypto-Calvinists : as, Crypto-Calvinistic He [Thomas Paine] was already a crypto-deitt. 
doctrines; the Crypto-Calvinistic controversy (a 
violent c" 
last fifty 
cryptocarp i 
hidden, + . 
botany. 
There is good reason to believe that the first plants 
which appeared on this earth were cnjptvriawic. 
Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 400. 
cryptogamous (krip-tog'a-mus), a. [< NL. 
cryptogams, having an obscure mode of fertili- 
. zation, < Gr. KprnrrAf, hidden, obscure, + } -d/ioc. , 
H - N. Oxenkam, Short studies, p. 244. marriage.] Pertaining to or having the char- 
[NL., < 
scholtz in 1829, containing those with inward 
or concealed genitalia. They are more fully called 
Dixcophorce cryptocarpte, as distinguished from Discophu- 
ras phanerocarpie, and correspond to the modern group 
Hydromeduxre, though the character implied in the name 
does not always exist. Apodes is a synonym. 
cryptocarpic (krip-to-kar'pik), a. [< cri/pto- 
carp + -ic.] Pertaining to or effected b; 
of cryptocarps or cystocarps. 
later called Cryptodibranchiata, and limited in the clnss Cryptogamia. See Cryptogamia. 
range. cryptogram (krip'to-gram), n. [< Gr. Kp 
cystocarp. 
Cryptocarpse (krip-to-kar'pe), n. pi. L^-U., \ nmgc. w^.ww & *w.*** \*~+r *.y- 6 *.m/, .. L > \j,i. I.//I/MH/I,, 
Gr. Kpvxroc, hidden, + Kap-rrof, fruit.] One of Cryptodibranchiata (krip'to-dl-brang-ki-a'- hidden, + -ypafj./ia, a writing, < ypafyuv, write.] 
two prime divisions of acalephs, made by Esch- ta), n. pi. [< Gr. K/JTOTO?, hidden, + NL Di- A message or writing in secret characters or 
branchiata, q. v.] In De Blainville's system of otherwise occult; a cryptograph, 
classification (1824), an order of cephalopods, cryptograph (krip'to-graf), . [< Gr. Kpvirrof, 
containing the dibranchiate forms: same as bidden, secret, + ypd^eiv, write.] 1. Something 
Acetabulifera and Dibranchiata. written in secret characters or cipher. 2. A 
cryptodibranchiate (krip''to-dS-brang'ki-at ), a. system of secret writing ; a cipher. 
Pertaining to or having the characters of the Cryptographalt (krip-tog'ra-fal), a. [As cryp- 
Cryptodibranchiata; dibranehiate or acetabu- togra/>l> + -til.] Cryptographic. Boyle. 
_^ r __ liferous, as a cephalopod. crytographer (krip-tog'ra-fer), n. [< crypto- 
cryptocarpous (krip-to-karSus), [As Cryp- cryptodidymus (krip-to-did'i-mus), . [NL., < ff ra P h + -erl.] One who writes in secret char- 
tocarpa; + -oiis.] Pertaining to or having the Gr. Kpimrof, hidden, + A'dtj/zof, a twin.] In tern- lc ters. 
characters of the Cryptocarpa; ; not phanero- '*v a monstrosity in which one fetus is found cryptographic, cryptographical (krip-to- 
carpous. contained in another. Dunglison. graf ik, -i-kal), a. [As cryptograph + -ic, -ical.] 
Cryptocephalid* (krip"to-se-fal'i-de), n. pi. cryptodirous (krip-to-di'rus), a. [< Gr. Kptm-rop, 1- Written in secret characters or in cipher: as, 
[NL., < Cry]it<ic('phalus +' -Ida!.] A family of bidden, + 6eip>/, th'e neck, throat, + -ous.] a cryptographic despatch. 2. Designed or con- 
phytophagous tetramerous beetles, typified by Having a concealed or concealable neck, as a tnved for writing in secret characters: as, a 
by means 
Cryptocephalus (krip-to-sef'a-lus), . [NI 
< Gr. Kpi>-rof, hidden, +' KtyaXq, head.] 1. A 
genus of beetles, referred to the family Chry- 
somelidw, or made 
the type of a family 
Cryptocepltalidte. c. 
serious is a small beetle, 
about a quarter of an inch 
long, of a brilliant golden- 
green color, abundant in 
Great Britain. C. lineola ^^ ^^ 
is a glossy black species, <MtK^^m~, 
with red elytra bordered 
with black. 
2. [/. c.] In teratol, 
a monster whose 
head is excessively 
small and does not 
appear externally. 
Dunglison. 
Cryptocerata (krip- 
tp-ser'a-ta), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. tcpmrof, hidden, 
:f, pi. Ktpara, horn.] A division of hete- 
tooth.] A genus of siphonate bivalve mollusks, 
of the family Lueiiiidie, having no hinge-teeth, 
whence the name. 
cryptodont (krip'to-dont), o. [< NL. crypto- 
dou(t-), having concealed (or no) teeth, < Gr. 
Kpvn-rof, hidden, + MotY (bSovr-) = E. tooth.] 
Having concealed teeth, or not known to have 
teeth; specifically, pertaining to the Crypto- 
donta or CryftodonUa. 
Cryptodonta (krip-to-don'ta), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. (as Gr.) of cryptodon(t-): see crypto- 
dont.] In cotich., a section or order of paleo- 
zoic bivalve mollusks, having the thin shell 
cryptodont, two ciboria, and entire pallial line. 
Cryptodontia (krip-to-don'shi-a), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. (as L.) of cryptodon(t-): see crypto- 
dont.] In Owen's system of classification, a 
family of extinct reptiles, of the order Anomo- 
don tia, having both jaws toothless. It contains 
the genera Ithynchosaurus and Oudenodon, thus 
distinguished from Dicynodon. 
., ^ D ^ FTO ,uu D 1UHC ^ 8 , incmumg me c ryP to g am (krip'to-gam) n. [< NL. erypto- 
aquatic families Notonectida;, Nepidas, and f Gal- Hmnw: see cryptogamous.] A cryptogamous 
guU*,: opposed to Gymnocerata. Also called &^^ I ^^ I 3P**>' 
that which is written in cipher. 
The strange cryptography of Gaffarel in his Starry Book 
of Heaven. Sir T. Brawm, Garden of Cyrus, ill. 
All which relates to the spirits, their names, speeches, 
shows, noises, clothing, actions, <Sc., were all rri;//f<;- 
rapky: feigned relations, concealing true ones of a very 
different nature. 
llooke, in I. Disraeli's Amen, of Lit, II. 311. 
Cryftocephaltts coHffStus. 
(Line shows natural size.) 
(Eschscholtz, 1836), irreg. < Gr. Kpvnros, hidden, 
+ v-n-vuf = L. somnus, sleep.] A genus of click- 
beetles, of the family Elatcrida;, distinguished 
principally by the distinctly securiform termi- 
nal joint of the palpi, and the very short and 
oval, almost round, scutellum. it is a very large 
and wide-spread genus, comprising upward of 100 species, 
of which 24 are from North America. The smallest spe- 
cies of the family are found in this genus, C. miimtissi- 
mus measuring less than one millimeter in length. The 
color is usually uniform black or yellowish-brown. 
xyptolite (krip'to-lit), n. [< Gr. Ayjraro?, hid- 
den, + ),l9o(, stone.] A phosphate of cerium, 
(krip-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. Kprard?, 
secret, + -/'.oj/a, < Myeiv, speak.] Se- 
brachyurous decapod crustaceans, of the series 
Ocypodoidea. The species live on corals, and are pro- 
vided with a kind of pouch for the eggs and young. 
Cr/iptochirus prefers to make his home in the more 
solid corals, where the young, settling down in the centre 
of a young polyp, kills it, while the surrounding polyps 
continuing to grow soon build a tubular dwelling for the 
Starnt. Nat. Hut. II " 
pendages. 2. In Stein's system (1878), a fam- 
ily of flagellate infusorians, represented by the 
genera Cryptomonas, Cltilomoiias, and Nepliro- 
^ jj-tok'i-ton), n. [NL. (J. E. 
" Gr- K P mT ^> hidden, + X IT ^>, chi- 
ton.J A genus of polyplacophorous mollusks, 
or chitons. C. stelleri is an example. 
crypto-Christian (krip"to-kris'tian), n [< 
Gr. KpmTof, hidden, secret, + Christian.] One 
who is secretly a Christian. 
Those Jews became Christians in apostolic times who 
were already what may be called cryptu-Chrigtiaiu. 
J. B. Nnnma.il, Gram, of Assent, p. 403. 
pistils, and therefore no proper flowers: thus 
distinguished from the first series, Phceno- 
gamia. The name remains in general use, and the 
group is further characterized by the absence of a seed 
containing an embryo. The organs and methods of re- - 
production vary greatly, in some cases being closely anal- Cryptomonadine (krip-to-mon'a-din), a. Per- 
ogous to those of phrcnogamous plants, while in the lowest tainino- to or ha vino- tho pnnrnptpm of tlio f'mn 
no sexuaUharacter whatever is distinguishable. As im- JSJJlfji J> 
Ciyptomorphite (krip-to-nior'fit), . [< Gr. 
- ' i' ^^>, "u *v =>vi. c- KnfTrrof, hidden, + w/'0'A form, + -ife$.l A 
^r^pl^SS^Mg^ h^. ^te of ca'lc'iS/n and tdtam, 0<U- 
togama is often made, corresponding to the aetlieo"amous rin S ln White Kernels Wltll microcrystalline 
ami amphigamous classes of De Candolle's arraniTement texture, 
otherwise known as acrogens and thallogens. The first 
phyta). The lower cryptogams are wh'oliy cellular, "iiiid 
are variously subdivideil. tliu usual division being into 
Cryptonemieae (krip // to-ne-mi'e-e), H. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. Kpi'/TToc, hidden, + vijfia, thread.] A sub- 
order of the Flundea- among Alya; including 
about 150 species, mostly inhabiting warm seas. 
They are of purplish or rose-red color, with generally a 
