What does "pliocene" mean?
Pliocene: Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
Additional senses
- 2.The Pliocene period or deposits.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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