Paleozoic

English

Alternative forms

• paleozoic
• Palæozoic
• Palaeozoic

Etymology

paleo- +‎ -zoic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɪk

Adjective

Paleozoic (comparative more Paleozoic, superlative most Paleozoic)

1. (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542 to 250 million years ago, from the age of trilobites to that of reptiles.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: paleotsooinen (fi)
• French: paléozoïque (fr)
• German: paläozoisch (de)
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• Irish: Pailéasóch
• Italian: paleozoico (it)
• Polish: paleozoiczny (pl)

Proper noun

Paleozoic

1. (geology) The Paleozoic era.

Translations

Paleozoic era

• Czech: prvohory f pl, paleozoikum n
• Estonian: paleosoikum, vanaaegkond
• Finnish: paleotsooinen maailmankausi
• French: Paléozoïque (fr) m
• Greek: Παλαιοζωικός m (Palaiozoïkós)
• Italian: paleozoico (it) m
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• Polish: paleozoik (pl) m inan, era paleozoiczna (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: палеозо̀ик m

  Latin: paleozòik (sh) m

• Russian: палеозо́йская э́ра (ru) f (paleozójskaja éra), палеозо́й (ru) m (paleozój)
• Vietnamese: đại Cổ Sinh

See also

• Palaeophytic
• Appendix:Geologic timescale