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Eozoic

Eˊo-zo′ic

,
Adj.
[See
Eozoön
.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.
☞ This term has been proposed for the strata formerly called Azoic, and is preferred especially by those geologists who regard the eozoön as of organic origin. See
Archæan
.