Archaean Definition
ärkēən
adjective
Webster's New World
(geology) Of, or relating to the geologic eon from about 3,800 to 2,500 million years ago; comprises the Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean and Neoarchean eras; marked by an atmosphere with little oxygen, the formation of the first continents and oceans and the emergence of simple life.
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noun
Any archaebacterium.
Webster's New World
(biology) Any organism of the domain Archaea.
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pronoun
(geology) The Archaean eon.
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