Cenozoic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cenozoic
adj.
pertaining to the Cenozoic era (most recent geological era)
n.
Cainozoic, most recent geological era
Cenozoic
The
Cenozoic Era (; also
Cænozoic,
Caenozoic or
Cainozoic ; meaning "new life", from
Greek kainos "new", and
zoe "life") is the current and most recent of the three
Phanerozoic geological eras, following the
Mesozoic Era and covering the period from 66 million years ago to present day.
Cenozoic
Noun
1. approximately the last 63 million years
(synonym) Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals
(hypernym) era, geological era
(part-holonym) Phanerozoic, Phanerozoic eon, Phanerozoic aeon
(part-meronym) Quaternary, Quaternary period, Age of Man
Cenozoic
(a.)
Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also caenozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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