1.
[syn: Paleozoic, Paleozoic era]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paleozoic \Pa`le*o*zo"ic\ (p[=a]`l[-e]*[-o]*z[=o]"[i^]k), n.
(Geol.)
The Paleozoic time or strata.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paleozoic \Pa`le*o*zo"ic\ (p[=a]`l[-e]*[-o]*z[=o]"[i^]k), a.
[Paleo- + Gr. zwh` life, fr. zh^n to live.] (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of
geological time during which life is known to have existed,
including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and
also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of
Geology.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Paleozoic
adj 1: of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era
n 1: from 544 million to about 230 million years ago [syn:
Paleozoic, Paleozoic era]