ALL meanings of pliocene
Pli·o·cene
P p - 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