-zoic Definition
zōik
suffix
Relating to a specified manner of animal existence.
Holozoic.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a specified geologic era.
Archeozoic.
American Heritage
affix
Having a (specified) animal way of life.
Webster's New World
Of, pertaining to, or being a geologic era having a (specified) type of life.
Webster's New World
adjective
(rare) Showing traces of life; containing organic remains.
Wiktionary
Having the form of an animal; animal-like, zoomorphic.
Wiktionary
Origin of -zoic
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From Greek zōikos of animals from zōion living being gwei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Greek ζωικός, from ζώιον "˜animal'.
From Wiktionary
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