MIOCENE


Meaning of MIOCENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmī-ə-ˌsēn ]

adjective

Etymology: mio- (from Greek meiōn less) + -cene — more at meiosis

Date: 1831

: of, relating to, or being an epoch of the Tertiary between the Pliocene and the Oligocene or the corresponding series of rocks — see geologic time table

• Miocene noun

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