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Meaning of PLIOCENE

Pronunciation:  'plIu`seen

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  from 2 million to 13 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
 
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 Synonyms: Pliocene epoch
 
 See Also: epoch, Tertiary, Tertiary period

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pli"o*cene\, a. [Written also pleiocene.] [Gr. ? more
+ ? new, recent.] (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent
division of the Tertiary age.

  2. \Pli"o*cene\, n. (Geol.)
The Pliocene period or deposits.
 
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