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Palaeozoic

Palaeozoic is the alternative spelling of Paleozoic.

Meaning of Paleozoic

Adjective

Paleozoic (comparative more Paleozoic, superlative most Paleozoic)

  1. 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.
    • ‘Itʼs all Paleozoic rock under our feet, this part of the world: to think of it, laid down five hundred million years before, shrugging its shoulders and bringing down the steeples on the churches!’2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 41

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Forms of Palaeozoic

comparativemore Palaeozoic
superlativemost Palaeozoic

Questions about Palaeozoic

What is Palaeozoic the alternative spelling of?
Palaeozoic is the alternative spelling of Paleozoic.

Words near Palaeozoic in the dictionary

  1. palaeoweather
  2. palaeoweathering
  3. palaeowind
  4. palaeoxylological
  5. palaeoxylology
  6. Palaeozoic
  7. palaeozoogeographical
  8. palaeozoogeography
  9. palaeozoologic
  10. palaeozoological
  11. palaeozoologist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Palaeozoic (page history and authors); Paleozoic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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