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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. from 544 million to about 230 million years ago;
[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]