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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pli•o•cene (plī′ə sēn′),USA pronunciation [Geol.]adj. - Geologynoting 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 cooling. See table under geologic time.
n. - Geologythe Pliocene Epoch or Series.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Pleiocene /ˈplaɪəʊˌsiːn/ adj , n - a variant spelling of Pliocene
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Pliocene, Pleiocene /ˈplaɪəʊˌsiːn/ adj - of, denoting, or formed in the last epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for three million years, during which many modern mammals appeared
n - the Pliocene ⇒ the Pliocene epoch or rock series
Etymology: 19th Century: plio- + -cene, from Greek kainos recent |