Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the time from 1.5 billion to 5 billion years ago, when the earth's crust was formed; the time when only unicellular organisms and the earliest forms of life are present. Same as
Archaeozoic .
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- proper noun Alternative form of
Archaeozoic . - adjective Alternative form of
Archaeozoic .
Etymologies
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archeo- + -zoic
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Examples
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She's going to send us back, perhaps, to the Archeozoic Era when she was quite a lot hotter and loaded with carbon and we were just pond scum on the surface of the water.
Signs of the Times 2009
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One set consists of variations named after geological eras, with sea gull cries evoked in "Archeozoic."
NYT > Home Page 2009
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