Miocene
pronunciation
How to pronounce Miocene in British English:
UK [ˈmaiəsi:n]
How to pronounce Miocene in American English:
US [ˈmaɪəˌsin]
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- Noun:
- from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
Word Origin
- Miocene (adj.)
- "pertaining to the geological period between the Oligocene and Pliocene," 1831, irregular formation from Greek meion "less" + -cene. A typical example of the monstrosities with which scientific men in want of a label for something, and indifferent to all beyond their own province, defile the language. The elements of the word are Greek, but not the way they are put together, nor the meaning demanded of the compound. [Fowler]
Example
- 1. Radiolarians of late miocene from southern south china sea and their environment implications .
- 2. Genus of old world hominoids ; miocene and pliocene .
- 3. Biostratigraphical boundaries and environmental changes of xisha islands since late miocene shown by foraminiferal fauna .
- 4. On the basis of the comparison of the paleorecords among the north china , the south china sea and the globe , we have discussed the coupling relationship between changes of the monsoon-arid environment and phased growth of the tibetan plateau since the miocene in china .
- 5. North american cat of the miocene and pliocene ; much earlier and .