cænozoic

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• cénozoïque — [ senɔzɔik ] adj. • 1924; angl. cœnozoic (1841); du gr. koinos « commun » et zoïque ♦ Géol. Ère cénozoïque, groupant les ères tertiaire et quaternaire. N. m. Le cénozoïque. ● cénozoïque nom masculin et adjectif Ère géologique d une durée de 65… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• caenozoic — Cenozoic Ce no*zo ic, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also {c[ae]nozoic}, {cainozoic},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cainozoic — Cenozoic Ce no*zo ic, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also {c[ae]nozoic}, {cainozoic},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cenozoic — Ce no*zo ic, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also {c[ae]nozoic}, {cainozoic}, {kainozoic}.] See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• kainozoic — Cenozoic Ce no*zo ic, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also {c[ae]nozoic}, {cainozoic},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English