The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypozoic
Hypozoic \Hy`po*zo"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. zo^,on an animal.]
(Geol.)
Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic
remains.
--Lyell.
Wiktionary
hypozoic
a. (context geology English) older than the lowest rocks which contain organic remains