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Word: Eocene
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Greek ēōs ‘dawn’ + kainos ‘new’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈiːə(ʊ)siːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
relating to or denoting the second epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Palaeocene and Oligocene epochs
Short Definition:of second epoch of Tertiary period
Examples:- similar patterns have been documented in North American mammals across the late Eocene extinction
Word: Eocene
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈiːə(ʊ)siːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the second epoch of the Tertiary period, or the system of rocks deposited during it
Short Definition:Eocene epoch
Examples:- a very minor extinction occurred at the end of the middle Eocene
