Azoic

Azoic
Azoic A*zo"ic, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? life, from ? to live.] Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks. [1913 Webster]

{Azoic age} (Geol.), the age preceding the existence of animal life, or anterior to the paleozoic tome. Azoic is also used as a noun, age being understood. See {Arch[ae]an}, and {Eozoic}. [1913 Webster]


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  • azoic — [ə zō′ik, āzō′ik] adj. [Gr azōos (< a , without + zōē, life: see BIO ) + IC] 1. without any life [an azoic ecological zone] 2. [usually A ] designating or of the earliest part of the Archean Eon, when there was no life on earth …   English World dictionary

  • azoic — (adj.) 1854, from Gk. azoos (from a not, without + zoon animal, see ZOO (Cf. zoo)) + IC (Cf. ic) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Azoic age — Azoic A*zo ic, a. [Gr. a priv. + ? life, from ? to live.] Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • azoic — adjective Etymology: 2a + Greek zōē life more at quick Date: 1845 having no living beings; especially of or relating to the part of geologic time that antedates life compare Archean 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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