Pliocene
['plaɪə,sin]
Definition
(noun.) from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals.
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Definition
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
(n.) The Pliocene period or deposits.
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Definition
n. (geol.) the strata more recent than the Miocene or Second Tertiary.
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Examples
- The Pliocene was a temperate time, and many of the warmth-loving plants and animals had gone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The position of the Eoanthropus is very uncertain: it may be as early as the Pliocene] BOOK II THE MAKING OF MEN VIII THE ANCESTRY OF MAN[20] § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The implements of this period (known as the Chellean period) are a very considerable advance upon those of the Pliocene Age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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