Pliocene

• Pleiocene

From Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn, “more”) + καινός (kainós, “new”). Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪəsiːn/

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Pliocene (not comparable)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     [I]n a final sentence he expressed his conviction that his opponents "did not in truth represent the thought of the twentieth century, but might rather be regarded as mental fossils dug from some early Pliocene horizon ".

Pliocene

1. (geology) The Pliocene epoch.

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From English Pliocene.

• IPA^(key): /pli.oˈt͡ʃɛ.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛne
• Hyphenation: Pli‧o‧cè‧ne

Pliocene m

1. (geology) the Pliocene epoch

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