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Neozoic

Neozoic adjective: more recent than the Paleozoic era, i.e. including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

Adjective

Neozoic (not comparable)

  1. More recent than the Paleozoic era, i.e. including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

Origin of Neozoic

From neo- + zoic.

Questions about Neozoic

What does Neozoic mean?
Neozoic means more recent than the Paleozoic era, i.e. including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
What part of speech is Neozoic?
Neozoic is an adjective.

Words near Neozoic in the dictionary

  1. neoza
  2. neozas
  3. neozoa
  4. neozoan
  5. neozoans
  6. Neozoic
  7. neozoological
  8. neozoologist
  9. neozoologists
  10. neozoology
  11. neoïd

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