Palaeozoic

/ (ˌpælɪəʊˈzəʊɪk) /

adjective

of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period

noun

the Palaeozoic the Palaeozoic era

Word Origin for Palaeozoic

C19: from palaeo- + Greek zōē life + -ic

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