Hypozoic Hy`po*zo"ic, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. zo^,on an animal.]
(Geol.)
Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which containorganic
remains. --Lyell.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
hypozoic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+|zōik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hypo + zoic : lying under the fossiliferous systems … Useful english dictionary