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Pliocene

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Noun

1. pliocene, pliocene epoch

from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pliocene

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adjective
1. 
of, denoting, or formed in the last epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for three million years, during which many modern mammals appeared
noun
2.  the Pliocene

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Pliocene

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adjective
[sometimes p-]
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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pliocene

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adj.
Of, relating to, or being the epoch of geologic time from 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago, the most recent epoch of the Tertiary Period. It is characterized by the appearance of distinctly modern animals and by the expansion of grasslands. See Table at geologic time.
n.
The Pliocene Epoch.

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