🔄 Synonyms of "Pliocene"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pliocene epochnoun | from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals |
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| Word | Definition |
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| pliocene epochnoun | from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals |
| miocenenoun | (geology) The Miocene epoch. |
| pleistocenenoun | (geology) The Pleistocene epoch. |
| quaternarynoun | (geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it. |
| pleiocenenoun | Alternative form of Pliocene. [(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.] |
| postpliocenenoun | (geology) After the Pliocene epoch. |
| paleogenenoun | (geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago. |
| neogenenoun | (geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present. |
| oligocenenoun | (geology) The Oligocene epoch. |
| paleogenic | (geology) of, or relating to the Paleogene period |
| paleocenenoun | (geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate. |
| pleistocenic | Relating to the Pleistocene |
| eocenenoun | (geology) The Eocene epoch. |
| preglacial | Before an ice age (usually referring to the Pliocene) |
| palæocenenoun | Archaic spelling of Paleocene. [(geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate.] |
| palaeocenenoun | Alternative form of Paleocene. [(geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate.] |
| holocenenoun | (geology) The Holocene epoch. |
| paleoproterozoicnoun | (geology) The era from 2,500 Ma to 1,600 Ma, marked by a dramatic increase in atmospheric oxygen. |
| neocenenoun | (geology) Synonym of Neogene. |
| paleolithicnoun | Of or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age). |
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