-zoic

-zoic
I. adjective combining form Etymology: Greek zōikos of animals, from zōion animal — more at zo- having a (specified) animal mode of existence <
holozoic
>
II. adjective combining form Etymology: Greek zōē life of, relating to, or being a (specified) geological era <
Proterozoic
>
<
Mesozoic
>

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