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Palaeozoic

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Palaeozoic /ˌpalɪə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɪk, ˌpeɪ-/ (US Paleozoic)

▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the era between the Precambrian aeon and the Mesozoic era, about 570 to 245 million years ago.

– origin C19: from palaeo- + Gk zōē ‘life’ + -ic.

'Palaeozoic' also found in these Oxford entries:

Cambrian - Carboniferous - Devonian - eurypterid - Hercynian - Mesozoic - Ordovician - Permian - Phanerozoic - primary - Silurian - trilobite

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