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Miocene epoch   /mˈaɪəsˌin ˈɛpək/   Listen
Miocene epoch

noun
1.
From 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals.  Synonym: Miocene.





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... 4. During the Miocene epoch the polar ice was certainly many feet thinner than it has been during, or since, the Glacial epoch. Sir W. Thomson tells us that the accumulation of something more than a foot of ice around the poles (which implies the withdrawal of, say, an inch of water from the general surface ...
— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley


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


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