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Meaning of CENOZOIC

Pronunciation:  `seenu'zowik

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  approximately the last 63 million years
 

CENOZOIC is a 8 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: Age of Mammals, Cenozoic era
 
 See Also: Age of Man, era, geological era, Quaternary, Quaternary period, Tertiary, Tertiary period

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ce`no*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.)
Belonging to the most recent division of geological time,
including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the
Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also {c[ae]nozoic},
{cainozoic}, {kainozoic}.] See {Geology}.

Note: This word is used by many authors as synonymous with
      Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.

 

 

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