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Eocene   /ˈiəsˌin/   Listen
Eocene

noun
1.
From 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals.  Synonym: Eocene epoch.






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"Eocene" Quotes from Famous Books



... characteristic names in this epoch of the world's history we see the first approach to a condition of things resembling that now prevailing, and Sir Charles Lyell has most fitly named its three divisions, the Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene. The termination of the three words is made from the Greek word Kainos, recent; while Eos signifies dawn, Meion less, and Pleion more. Thus Eocene indicates the dawn of recent species, Pliocene their increase, ...
— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various



Words linked to "Eocene" :   tertiary, Eocene epoch, epoch, Tertiary period



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