Meaning of CENOZOIC
| Pronunciation: | | `seenu'zowik
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| | Definition: | | [n] approximately the last 63 million years |
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| | Synonyms: | | Age of Mammals, Cenozoic era |
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| | See Also: | | Age of Man, era, geological era, Quaternary, Quaternary period, Tertiary, Tertiary period | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ce`no*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.)
Belonging to the most recent division of geological time,
including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the
Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also {c[ae]nozoic},
{cainozoic}, {kainozoic}.] See {Geology}.
Note: This word is used by many authors as synonymous with
Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.
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