Cainozoicadj.

/kʌɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk//keɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk/

Forms: Also kainozoic, cænozoic.

Etymology: < Greek καινός recent + ζῷον animal + -ic suffix. The analogical form would be Cænozoic, as sometimes actually used; but Caino- is favoured by most authors as more evidently suggesting the derivation.

Geology.

Of or pertaining to the third of the great geological periods (also called tertiary adj. and n.), or to the remains or formations characteristic of it.

ΚΠ

1854 D. Page Introd. Geol. 39 Cainozoic Period (Recent Life).

1865 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. 92 Some geologists..have introduced the term Cainozoic, for tertiary.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 290 One great group known as the Tertiary or Cainozoic series.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cainozoic
释义	Cainozoicadj. /kʌɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk//keɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk/ Forms: Also kainozoic, cænozoic. Etymology: < Greek καινός recent + ζῷον animal + -ic suffix. The analogical form would be Cænozoic, as sometimes actually used; but Caino- is favoured by most authors as more evidently suggesting the derivation. Geology. Of or pertaining to the third of the great geological periods (also called tertiary adj. and n.), or to the remains or formations characteristic of it. ΚΠ 1854 D. Page Introd. Geol. 39 Cainozoic Period (Recent Life). 1865 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. 92 Some geologists..have introduced the term Cainozoic, for tertiary. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 290 One great group known as the Tertiary or Cainozoic series. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1854
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