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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Azoic | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. {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[91]an}, and {Eozoic}. | |
