Mesozoic
adj.
1840, from Greek mesos "middle" (see meso-) + zoe "life" (see zoo) + -ic. Name coined by British geologist John Phillips for the fossil era "between" the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic.
〔李〕n.&a.[地] 中生代（的） [zo=life，animal ←meso-[GK] =middle中间；intermediate中介