Adjacent Words
PlimsollPlimsoll line
Plimsoll mark
Plimsoll's mark
Plinian eruption
plink
plinker
Plinth
Pliny
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Younger
plio-
Pliocene epoch
Pliohippus
Pliosaurus
Plisetskaya
pliskie
plisky
pliss
Pliocene definitions
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals [syn: Pliocene, Pliocene epoch]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 1831 of, relating to, or being the latest epoch of the Tertiary or the corresponding series of rocks — see geologic time table • Pliocene noun
Oxford Reference Dictionary
adj. & n. Geol. --adj. of or relating to the last epoch of the Tertiary period with evidence of the extinction of many mammals, and the development of hominids. --n. this epoch or system. Usage: Cf. Appendix II. Etymology: Gk pleion more + kainos new
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Pliocene Pli"o*cene, a. [Written also pleiocene.] [Gr. ? more + ? new, recent.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Pliocene Pli"o*cene, n. (Geol.) The Pliocene period or deposits.
