eozoic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: E=o=zo=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

eozoic, a. [See Eozoön.].

 Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.  [1913 Webster]
" 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."  [1913 Webster]