Miocene
['maiəusi:n]
Definition
(noun.) from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals.
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.
(n.) The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.
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Definition
adj. (geol.) less recent applied by Lyell to the middle division of the Tertiary strata.
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Examples
- American deposits in the Miocene display a great variety of camels, giraffe camels with long necks, gazelle camels, llamas, and true camels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It contains fragments of Miocene mastodon and rhinoceros teeth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But from the point of view of the surviving mammalian life of the Miocene, they mattered profoundly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The _Miocene_ (with living species still in a minority) was the great age of mountain building, and the general temperature was falling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among these we may mention _Dryopithecus_ of the Miocene Age, with a very human-looking jaw. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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