PLIOCENE


Meaning of PLIOCENE in English

adj. & n. Geol.

adj. of or relating to the last epoch of the Tertiary period with evidence of the extinction of many mammals, and the development of hominids.

n. this epoch or system. °Cf. Appendix II.

[ Gk pleion more + kainos new ]

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