- Malacozoic
- Malacozoic Mal`a*co*zo"ic, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
malacozoic — malacozoic, a. (ˈmæləkəʊˈzəʊɪk) [f. mod.L. malacozōa (f. Gr. µαλακό ς soft + ζῶον an animal) + ic.] Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa or soft bodied animals, e.g. the Mollusca. malacozoic series: Huxley s term for the series of animals from the… … Useful english dictionary
malaco-zoology — (ˌmæləkəzəʊˈɒlədʒɪ) [a. F. malacozoologie (De Blainville 1825), f. mod.L. malacozōa (see malacozoic and ology); cf. zoology.] = malacology. in Mayne Expos. Lex. Catal. Lib. Univ. Museum, Oxford … Useful english dictionary