PALEOCENE

Meaning of PALEOCENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpā-lē-ə-ˌsēn, especially Brit ]

ˈpa- adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1877

: of, relating to, or being the earliest epoch of the Tertiary or the corresponding series of rocks — see geologic time table

• Paleocene noun

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PALEOCENE — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1877 of, relating to, or being the earliest epoch of the Tertiary or the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PALEOCENE — ˈpālēəˌsēn, ˈpal- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pale- + -cene; probably originally formed in German : of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALEOCENE — /pay"lee euh seen'/ or, esp. Brit., /pal"ee-/ , Geol. adj. 1. noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALEOCENE — adj. of the Tertiary or Paleogene period (Geological)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PALEOCENE — [Pa.leo.cene] adj [ISV] (1877): of, relating to, or being the earliest epoch of the Tertiary or the corresponding system of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALEOCENE — Paleocene, p~ BrE AmE ˈpæl i ə ʊ siːn ˈpeɪl- AmE ˈpeɪl i ə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PALEOCENE — US var. of PALAEOCENE.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALEOCENE — US var. of PALAEOCENE.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALEOCENE — US var. of PALAEOCENE.
Oxford English vocab
PALEOCENE — палеоцен
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALEOCENE — палеоцен
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALEOCENE — палеоцен
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALEOCENE — палеоцен
Англо-Русский словарь
PALEOCENE — adj. Pronunciation: ' p ā -l ē - ə - ˌ s ē n, esp Brit ' pa- Function: adjective …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PALEOCENE EPOCH — or Palaeocene Epoch Earliest division of the Tertiary Period , from 65 to 54. 8 million years ago. It precedes …
Английский словарь Британика
PALEOCENE EPOCH — also spelled Palaeocene Epoch, major worldwide division of Early Tertiary rocks and time that began 66.4 million years ago and …
Britannica English vocabulary
PALEOCENE EPOCH — or Palaeocene Epoch Earliest division of the Tertiary Period , from 65 to 54. 8 million years ago. It precedes …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PALEOGENE — adjective see: -gen Date: 1882 of, relating to, or being the earlier part of the Tertiary including the Paleocene, Eocene, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EOCENE — adjective Date: 1831 of, relating to, or being an epoch of the Tertiary between the Paleocene and the Oligocene or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TERTIARY PERIOD — Interval of geologic time, 65–1. 8 million years ago. It constitutes the first of the two periods of the Cenozoic …
Английский словарь Британика
EPOCH — I Unit of geologic time during which a rock series is deposited. It is a subdivision of a geologic period …
Английский словарь Британика
EOCENE EPOCH — Major division of the Tertiary Period , from 54. 8 to 33.7 million years ago. It follows the Paleocene Epoch …
Английский словарь Британика
CARNIVORE — Any meat-eating animal, but especially any member of the order Carnivora, consisting of 12 families of primarily predatory mammals: Canidae …
Английский словарь Британика
TAENIODONT — any member of an extinct order (Taeniodonta) of mammals that lived in North America throughout the Paleocene and into the …
Britannica English vocabulary
RODENT — House mouse (Mus musculus) any member of the order Rodentia, the most abundant order of mammals. At present, over a …
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EDENTATE — Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). a member of the mammalian order Edentata, which includes all the armadillos (see photograph), true anteaters, …
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TERTIARY PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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SIMPSON, GEORGE GAYLORD — born June 16, 1902, Chicago died Oct. 6, 1984, Tucson, Ariz. U.S. paleontologist known for his contributions to evolutionary theory …
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PTILODUS — extinct genus of mammals found as fossils in middle and late Paleocene deposits of North America (the Paleocene Epoch began …
Britannica English vocabulary
EOCENE EPOCH — major worldwide division of the Tertiary Period that began about 57.8 million years ago and ended about 36.6 million years …
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CORYPHODON — genus of extinct primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits (those that date from about 63.5 …
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CENOZOIC ERA — the third of the major eras of Earth history and the interval of time during which the continents assumed their …
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