Mesozoic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesozoic \Mes`o*zo"ic\, a. [Meso- + Gr. ? life, fr. ? to live.]
     (Geol.)
     Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian age, or
     the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of
     {Geology}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesozoic \Mes`o*zo"ic\, n.
     The Mesozoic age or formation.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mesozoic
       n : from 230 million to 63 million years ago [syn: {Mesozoic era},
            {Age of Reptiles}]