zoichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoic, adj.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zoicadjective

  1. 1.
    1863–
    Showing traces of life; in Geology, containing organic remains.
    1. 1863
      If, therefore, these simple species existed in the Azoic era, they were systemless life, and only foreshadowed the great systems of life which were afterwards displayed..in the true Zoic ages.
      J. D. Dana, Manual of Geology iii. 597
    2. 1885–6
      These great Pre-Cambrian and Post-Archæan series are zoic in character.
      Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. (1888) 453
  2. 2.
    1898–
    Of the nature of an animal; animal.
    1. 1898
      The Seri face-painting would seem to be essentially zoosematic, or symbolic of zoic tutelaries.
      W. J. McGee in 17th Annual Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1895–6 169*
    2. 1900
      The use of zoic motives in the decoration of primitive weapons.
      Annual Reports Smithsonian Inst. 63

zoic, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zoic, adj. was last modified in December 2024.