I think the Original of this conceit might be, That the Students of Nature, conſcious to her more cryptick wayes of working, reſolve many ſtrange effects into the nearer efficiency of ſecond cauſes[…]

Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic.

Episematic characters are far less common than aposematic, and these than cryptic; although, as regards the latter comparison, the opposite impression is generally produced from the fact that concealment is so successfully attained.

Much of the Permian Capitan reef was strongly differentiated into open surface and cryptic communities.

He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent. He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.

This writer has been solving cryptics for 40 years and can usually crack Araucaria, though it might take a couple of days.

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