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Definition of Miocene
1. Noun. From 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals.
Definition of Miocene
1. a. Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.
Definition of Miocene
1. Adjective. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago; marked by the drift of continents to their present position. ¹
2. Proper noun. (geology) The Miocene epoch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miocene
1. of or pertaining to a certain geologic time period [adj]
Medical Definition of Miocene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Miocene
Literary usage of Miocene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"Brackish and Fresh also Recent miocene and Recent miocene and Recent ... Later than
miocene, miocene and Recent Recent Later than miocene miocene and Recent ..."
2. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"miocene PERIOD. Upper miocene strata of France—Faluns of Touraine—Depth of tea
and littoral character of fauna—Tropical climate implied l>y the ..."
3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"Much separate and individual work had already been done on the miocene deposits
of Maryland when this survey began. Under the leadership of Dr. Clark, ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"miocene PERIOD. Upper miocene strata of France—Faluns of Touraine—Depth of sea
and littoral character of fauna—Tropical climate implied by the ..."
5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"On the Pacific coast, the shore line was shifted westward somewhat beyond its
present position before the beginning of the miocene, but as the jx'riod ..."
6. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"miocene, text. Baltimore (Johns Hopkins Press), 1904, (CLV + 543, with map, pi.
... The relations of the miocene of Maryland to that of other regions and to ..."
7. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE miocene PERIOD.1 THE distribution of the miocene beds (see map, Fig. 442)
shows that the geography of the North American continent during the miocene ..."
8. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE miocene PERIOD.1 THE distribution of the miocene beds (see map, Fig. 442)
shows that the geography of the North American continent during the miocene ..."
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