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superanoxia

superanoxia noun: a period during which there was very little free oxygen in the environment, and many organisms became extinct.

Noun

superanoxia (uncountable)

  1. A period during which there was very little free oxygen in the environment, and many organisms became extinct

Origin of superanoxia

From super- + anoxia.

Questions about superanoxia

What does superanoxia mean?
Superanoxia means a period during which there was very little free oxygen in the environment, and many organisms became extinct.
What part of speech is superanoxia?
Superanoxia is a noun.

Words near superanoxia in the dictionary

  1. superannuating
  2. superannuation
  3. superannuations
  4. superannuitant
  5. superannuitants
  6. superanoxia
  7. superanoxic
  8. superantenna
  9. superantennae
  10. superantennas
  11. superantigen

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