About The Word Eocene
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Eocene
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What's The Definition Of Eocene?
[n] from 40 million to 58 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
Synonyms | Synonyms for Eocene: Eocene epoch Related Terms | Find terms related to Eocene: See Also | epoch | Tertiary | Tertiary period Eocene In Webster's Dictionary \E"o*cene\, a. [Gr. ? daybreak, dawn + ? new, recent.]
(Geol.)
Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions
into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists,
and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the
present era; as, Eocene deposits. -- n. The Eocene formation.
--Lyell.
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