Pliocene
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pliocene in British English:
UK [ˈplaiəsi:n]
How to pronounce Pliocene in American English:
US [ˈplaɪəˌsin]
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- Noun:
- from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
Word Origin
- Pliocene (adj.)
- 1833, from plio- "more" (Latinized form of pleio-) + -cene.
Example
- 1. Genus of old world hominoids ; miocene and pliocene .
- 2. The pliocene strata and its molluscan fauna of western nei mongol .
- 3. Pliocene warm period foraminifer stable isotope data .
- 4. Isn 't the mastodon from the pliocene epic ?
- 5. Isn 't the mastodon from the pliocene epoch ?