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    ARCHEOZOIC

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of lifeplay

    Synonyms:

    Archaeozoic; Archaeozoic aeon; Archean; Archean aeon; Archean eon; Archeozoic; Archeozoic eon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Instance hypernyms:

    aeon; eon (the longest division of geological time)

    Holonyms ("Archeozoic" is a part of...):

    Precambrian; Precambrian aeon; Precambrian eon; Precambrian period (the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago)

    Derivation:

    archeozoic (of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era)

     II. (adjective) 

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    Meaning:

    Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian eraplay

    Example:

    archeozoic life forms

    Synonyms:

    archaeozoic; archeozoic

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)

    Domain category:

    geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

    Derivation:

    Archeozoic (the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life)

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