Paleogeneadjective
US specialized also mainly UK Palaeogene uk/ˈpæl.i.ə.dʒiːn//ˈpeɪ.li.oʊ.dʒiːn/from or referring to the period of time between about 66 and 23 million years ago, in which many insects, mammals, and birds appeared:
the Paleogene period
Paleogene flora and fauna
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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the Paleogene
noun [ S ] ukus
the Paleogene period