-zoic

-zoic
-zoic [zō′ik]
suffix forming adjectives
1.< Gr zōikos, pertaining to animals < zōon, animal (see BIO-) + -ikos,-IC〛 having a (specified) animal way of life
2.< Gr zōē, life + -IC〛 of, pertaining to, or being a geologic era having a (specified) type of life

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-zoic suff.
1. Relating to a specified manner of animal existence:

holozoic.

2. Of or relating to a specified geologic era:

Archeozoic.

  [From Greek zōikos, of animals, from zōion, living being. See gʷei-.

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