microzoicadj.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈzoʊɪk/ Zoology. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
= microzoan adj.
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microphytal1859
microzoic1862
microphytic1869
corpusculous1871
germicide1871
mycetic1874
microzoal1876
microbic1881
microbian1883
microbial1887
microbal1888
microorganismal1888
micro-organic1891
microbious1892
1862 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 2 147 Its zoophytes and other microzoic wonders.
1869 Proc. Royal Soc. 1868–9 17 404 The rock belongs to the lowest portion of the Tertiary period, presenting a microzoic Fauna very similar to that of some of our Miliolite Limestones.
1884 Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. IX. 148 In microzoic strata.
1892 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 48 519 On the east the microzoic formations rise out of the swamps that fringe that shore of the island.
1921 G. D. Harris in Bull. Amer. Paleontol. No. 35. 267 The Foraminifera..constitute the most important element of this Microzoic fauna and the one I am best acquainted with.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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