azoic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite before the appearance of life
    • azoic rocks contain not organic remains

WordNet

A*zo"ic adjective
Etymology
Gr. priv. + life, from to live.
Definitions
  1. Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.

Webster 1913