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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Written also

pleiocene

[Gr. [GREEK] more + [GREEK] new, recent.]

(Geol.)

Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.

Noun.

(Geol.)

The Pliocene period or deposits.

See also: pliocene, Pliocene, and pliocène

Pliocène m

See also: pliocene, Pliocene, and Pliocène

pliocène m, f ‎(plural pliocènes)