- Pliocene epoch
- nounfrom 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals• Syn: ↑Pliocene• Instance Hypernyms: ↑epoch• Part Holonyms: ↑Tertiary, ↑Tertiary period
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Pliocene epoch
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Pliocene Epoch — Last and shortest epoch of the Tertiary Period, from с 5. 3 to с 1.8 million years ago. It follows the Miocene Epoch and precedes the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period. Pliocene environments were generally cooler and drier than those of… … Universalium
Pliocene — [plī′ə sēn΄] adj. [ PLIO + CENE] [sometimes p ] designating or of the second and last geologic epoch of the Neogene, characterized by the joining of what are now North and South America, the formation of the Arctic ice cap, the extensive… … English World dictionary
Pliocene — The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 1.806 million years before present.The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic era.… … Wikipedia
epoch — /ep euhk/ or, esp. Brit., /ee pok/, n. 1. a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will. 2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The… … Universalium
Pliocene — /pluy euh seen /, Geol. adj. 1. noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic… … Universalium
Pliocene — 1. adjective Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of mans first ancestors. 2. noun The Pliocene epoch … Wiktionary
Pliocene — Pli•o•cene [[t]ˈplaɪ əˌsin[/t]] adj. 1) gel noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from ten million to two million years ago when mammalian life was proliferating and climatic cooling had begun 2) gel the Pliocene… … From formal English to slang
Pliocene — ► ADJECTIVE Geology ▪ relating to the last epoch of the Tertiary period (between the Miocene and Pleistocene epochs, 5.2 to 1.64 million years ago), a time when the first hominids appeared. ORIGIN from Greek plei n more + kainos new … English terms dictionary
Pliocene — adjective Date: 1831 of, relating to, or being the latest epoch of the Tertiary or the corresponding series of rocks see geologic time table • Pliocene noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pliocene — The last epoch (from 1.6 to 5.2 million years ago) of the Tertiary Period of geologic time that follows the Miocene and precedes the Pleistocene Epoch; also, the corresponding (time stratigraphic) series of earth materials. HP … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
