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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A designation suggested by Edward Forbes, but not generally adopted, for that division of the geological series which includes the Mesozoic and Tertiary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Geol.) More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

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  • These peculiar attributes demonstrated through aleozoic, paleozoic and neozoic matters actual consciousness aided to develop to physical perfection the selected germs.

    Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why? 1861

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