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Archeozoic

or ·󲹱···

[ ahr-kee-uh-zoh-ik ]

noun

  1. former name of the Archean.


adjective

  1. formerly, Archean.

Archeozoic

/ ˌɑːɪəˈəʊɪ /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of Archaeozoic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Archeozoic

  1. See Archean
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Archeozoic1

First recorded in 1870–75; archeo- + Greek ō(ḗ) “life” + -ic
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Example Sentences

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Even in the Archeozoic the rocks testify to a climate seemingly not greatly different from that of the average of geologic time.

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As regards the life of the Archean, or, as some call it, the “Archeozoic” period, we know nothing.

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After the Formative Era came the Archeozoic Era, when life began in the form of amœbas or some simple form of protoplasm.

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Archeozoic Archean   No fossils found, but life inferred from the existence of iron ores and limestones, which are generally formed in the presence of organisms.

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Although the Archeozoic has yielded no generally admitted fossils, yet what seem to be massive algæ and sponges have been found in Canada.

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