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azoic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Azoic \A*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? life, from ? to live.] Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as the azoic. rocks. {Azoic age} (Geol.), the age preceding the existence of animal life, or anterior to the paleozoic tome. Azoic is also used as a noun age being understood. See {Arch[ae]an}, and {Eozoic}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: azoic adj : (geology) before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains"
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