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Grande Coupure

Grande Coupure proper noun: the Eocene–Oligocene extinction event.

Proper noun

the Grande Coupure

  1. The Eocene–Oligocene extinction event.

Origin of Grande Coupure

Borrowed from French grand coupure, which means "great cut", consisting of grand (“big”) and coupure (“cut, interruption”).

Questions about Grande Coupure

What does Grande Coupure mean?
Grande Coupure means the Eocene–Oligocene extinction event.
What part of speech is Grande Coupure?
Grande Coupure is a proper noun.

Words near Grande Coupure in the dictionary

  1. grandducal
  2. grandduke
  3. granddukes
  4. grande
  5. Grande Comore
  6. Grande Coupure
  7. grande dame
  8. Grande Dame Guignol
  9. grande duchesse
  10. grande finale
  11. grande finales

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