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Antonyms for azoic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-zoh-ik, ey-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈzoʊ ɪk, eɪ-

Definition of azoic

Origin :
  • 1854, with -ic + Greek azoos, from a- "not, without" (see a- (3)) + zoon "animal" (see zoo).
  • As in inanimate : adj not alive, not organic
  • As in insentient : adj inanimate
Example sentences :
  • They were transported, perhaps, from the Azoic area near Lake Superior.
  • Extract from : « Buffalo Land » by W. E. Webb
  • Thus the azoic group is crystalliferous, or crystal-bearing.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences » by Edward Hitchcock
  • That land belongs to the Azoic period, and contains no trace of life.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IX., March, 1862., No. LIII. » by Various
  • In the European ocean of the Azoic epoch we find five islands of considerable size.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. » by Various
  • The oldest lands of North America were built up, as in Europe, of azoic rocks, and were grouped chiefly in the north.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of Earth Lore » by James Geikie
  • Distinct fossils have not been found, all that ever existed in the azoic rocks having been obliterated.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science » by John William Dawson
  • Even in the Azoic or Archozoic Age there are traces in ice-worn rocks and the like of periods of intense cold.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind » by Herbert George Wells
  • Geologists have divided a few years of the worlds history into periods, reaching from the azoic rocks to the soil of our time.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • The tertiary formation is followed by an azoic formation of gneiss, mica slate, and phylada with large intrusions of granite.
  • Extract from : « Guatemala, the country of the future » by Charles M. Pepper
  • Now, most of these Canadian rivers are Azoic in character; hence their grim and formidable beauty.
  • Extract from : « Crowded Out! and Other Sketches » by Susie F. Harrison

Synonyms for azoic

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