Oligocene
Meaning of Oligocene
- relating to or denoting the third epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Eocene and Miocene epochs.
rifting and subsidence continued through the Eocene and Oligocene periods
- the third epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Eocene and Miocene epochs, or the system of rocks deposited during it.
at the end of the Oligocene the Ural sea had disappeared
mid 19th century: from oligo- ‘few’ + Greek kainos ‘new’.
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Hyphenation of Oligocene
Oligocene
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