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Definition of Archeozoic

1. Noun. The time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life.

2. Adjective. Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era. "Archeozoic life forms"

Definition of Archeozoic

1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Archaeozoic) ¹

2. Adjective. (alternative form of Archaeozoic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archeozoic

Arceuthobium pusillum Archaean Archaebacteria Archaeopteryx lithographica Archaeornithes Archaeozoic Archaeozoic aeon Archaic Latin Archangel Archea

Archean Archean aeon Archean eon Archebacteria Archenemy Archeozoic (current term) Archeozoic eon Archer Arches Arches National Park

Archgrounds Archi Archibald Archibald MacLeish Archibald Percival Wavell Archidiskidon Archidiskidon imperator Archie Archies Archilochian

Literary usage of Archeozoic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"Of the duration of the Archeozoic era nothing can be said beyond the general statement that it was very great, a conclusion which is independent of any ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"THE Archeozoic ERA. THE sketches of the early stages of the earth's history presented in the last chapter are at best ..."

3. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"The present state of our knowledge does not warrant the subdivision of the Archeozoic into two or more definite periods or systems. ..."

4. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"... XXVII THE Archeozoic ERA History of Classifications The greater part of Canada, or, rather, the Canadian Shield, of over 2000000 square miles in extent, ..."

5. Elements of Geology by Eliot Blackwelder, Harlan Harland Barrows (1911)
"CHAPTER XI THE Archeozoic ERA The oldest rocks. — The most ancient part of the earth's history of which we have any tangible record in the rocks is quite as ..."

6. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"... CHAPTER XIII THE Archeozoic ERA Though the preceding sketches of the early stages of the earth's history are but hypothetical, they afford a helpful ..."

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