MIOCENE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'mIu`seen
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] from 13 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals

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	Synonyms:	Miocene epoch

	See Also:	epoch, Tertiary, Tertiary period

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Mi"o*cene\, a. [Gr. ? less + ? new, fresh, recent.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary. -- n. The Miocene period. See {Chart} of {Geology}.