Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Eozoon

Eozoon , noun

[New Latin, from Greek 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.]

(Paleontology) A peculiar structure found in the Archaan limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.