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paleozoic

Pa·le·o·zo·ic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pey-lee-uh-zoh-ik or, esp. British, pal-ee-]
    • /ˌpeɪ li əˈzoʊ ɪk or, esp. British, ˌpæl i-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pey-lee-uh-zoh-ik or, esp. British, pal-ee-]
    • /ˌpeɪ li əˈzoʊ ɪk or, esp. British, ˌpæl i-/

Definitions of paleozoic word

  • adjective paleozoic noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles. 1
  • noun paleozoic the Paleozoic Era or group of systems. 1
  • adjective paleozoic designating or of the first geologic era of the Phanerozoic Eon, characterized by the development of the first fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and land plants 0
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Origin of paleozoic

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40; paleo- + -zoic < Greek zōïkós pertaining to animals; see zo-, -ic

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paleozoic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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  • acanthodian

    any small, spiny-finned, sharklike fish of the extinct order Acanthodii, from the Paleozoic Era.

  • appalachia

    a highland region of the eastern US, containing the Appalachian Mountains, extending from Pennsylvania to Alabama

  • cambrian

    of, denoting, or formed in the first 65 million years of the Palaeozoic era, during which marine invertebrates, esp trilobites, flourished

  • carboniferous

    yielding coal or carbon

  • conodont

    any of various small Palaeozoic toothlike fossils derived from an extinct eel-like marine animal

  • devonian

    of, denoting, or formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, lasting 60-70 million years during which amphibians first appeared
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