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Definition of: Proterozoic
(prot′ər·ə·zō′ik) Geol. adjective
Pertaining to or designating the geological era following the Archeozoic and succeeded by the Paleozoic. -noun The Proterozoic era. [<protero- (<Gk. proteros former) + Gk. zōikos <zōē life]
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