Archeozoic

American  

[ahr-kee-uh-zoh-ik] / ˌɑr ki əˈzoʊ ɪk /

Or Archaeozoic

noun

1. former name of the Archean.

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adjective

1. formerly, Archean.

Archeozoic British  

/ ˌɑːkɪəˈzəʊɪk /

adjective

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of Archaeozoic

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Archeozoic Scientific  

/ är′kē-ə-zō′ĭk /

1. See Archean

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Etymology

Origin of Archeozoic

First recorded in 1870–75; archeo- + Greek zō(ḗ) “life” + -ic

Example Sentences

Archeozoic Archean   No fossils found, but life inferred from the existence of iron ores and limestones, which are generally formed in the presence of organisms.

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling

Archeozoic rocks have been studied minutely over a very small percentage of the earth's land surface.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

After the Formative Era came the Archeozoic Era, when life began in the form of amœbas or some simple form of protoplasm.

From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen

Although the Archeozoic has yielded no generally admitted fossils, yet what seem to be massive algæ and sponges have been found in Canada.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

I believe that our sun could not have been a typical nova, at least not since the Archeozoic, that is for perhaps a billion years.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth