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Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages…

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.
  2. adj. of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era
  3. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.
  4. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division ofgeological time during which life is known to have existed, includingthe Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the lifeor rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.
  5. j:100 n. from 544 million to about 230 million years ago a. of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era