HyperDic: pliocene

English > 1 sense of the word Pliocene:
NOUNtimePliocene, Pliocene epochfrom 13 million to 2 million years ago
Pliocene > pronunciation
Soundsplay'ahsiy.n
RhymesAberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn...
English > Pliocene: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningFrom 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger / larger mammals.
SynonymPliocene epoch
Instance ofepochA unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
Part ofTertiary, Tertiary periodFrom 63 million to 2 million years ago
Spanishplioceno
Catalanpliocè

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