zoic
- relating to or having animal life
- geology (of rocks, strata, etc) containing fossilized animals
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Word Origin
C19: from New Latin, from Greek zōion animal
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Word Origin and History for zoic
adj.
1863, from Greek zoikos, from zoion "animal" (see zoo).
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