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pa·leo·zo·ic
I. \|pālēə|zōik, |pal-, -ōēk\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: pale- + -zoic
: of or relating to a grand division of geological history from the beginning of the Cambrian to the close of the Permian marked by the culmination of nearly all classes of invertebrates except the insects and in whose later epochs seed-bearing plants, amphibians, and reptiles first appeared — see geologic time table
< many facts in Paleozoic stratigraphy — E.O.Ulrich >
II. noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: the Paleozoic era or system of rocks |