phanerozoic eon

1. 1.

   the period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed

   SynonymsPhanerozoicPhanerozoic aeon

   Broadereon

   PartsCenozoic

Questions about phanerozoic eon

What does phanerozoic eon mean?

phanerozoic eon means "the period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed".

What is another word for phanerozoic eon?

Close synonyms include Phanerozoic, Phanerozoic aeon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phanerozoic eon a common word?

phanerozoic eon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.