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Cainozoic, a. Geol.|kaɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk, keɪnəʊ-|
Also kainozoic, cænozoic.
[f. Gr. καινό-ς recent + ζῷον animal + -ic. The analogical form would be Cænozoic, as sometimes actually used; but Caino- is favoured by most authors as more evidently suggesting the derivation.]
Of or pertaining to the third of the great geological periods (also called tertiary), or to the remains or formations characteristic of it.
1854Page Introd. Text-bk. Geol. 39 Cainozoic Period (Recent Life). 1865Lyell Elem. Geol. 92 Some geologists..have introduced the term Cainozoic, for tertiary. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xvii. 290 One great group known as the Tertiary or Cainozoic series. |