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pliocene

Pli·o·cene
P p

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [plahy-uh-seen]
    • /ˈplaɪ əˌsin/
    • /ˈplaɪ.ə.siːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [plahy-uh-seen]
    • /ˈplaɪ əˌsin/

Definitions of pliocene word

  • adjective pliocene noting 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. 1
  • noun pliocene the Pliocene Epoch or Series. 1
  • adjective pliocene of, denoting, or formed in the last epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for three million years, during which many modern mammals appeared 0
  • adjective pliocene designating or of the second and last geologic epoch of the Neogene, characterized by the joining of what are now North and South America, the formation of the Arctic ice cap, the extensive migration of mammals between continents, and the development of apelike humans in Africa 0
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Origin of pliocene

First appearance:

before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35; plio- + -cene

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Parts of speech for Pliocene

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pliocene popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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  • neogene

    noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era. Compare Paleogene.

  • paleolithic

    (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)

  • paleolithic man

    any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.

  • stegodon

    any extinct elephantlike mammal of the genus Stegodon, from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, usually considered to be directly ancestral to the modern elephant.
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