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Northgrippian

Northgrippian proper noun: a subdivision of the Holocene epoch, spanning 0.0082 to 0.0042 million years ago.

Proper noun

the Northgrippian

  1. A subdivision of the Holocene epoch, spanning 0.0082 to 0.0042 million years ago.

Origin of Northgrippian

Named after the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NorthGRIP), + -ian.

Questions about Northgrippian

What does Northgrippian mean?
Northgrippian means a subdivision of the Holocene epoch, spanning 0.0082 to 0.0042 million years ago.
What part of speech is Northgrippian?
Northgrippian is a proper noun.

Words near Northgrippian in the dictionary

  1. Northfields
  2. Northfleet
  3. Northford
  4. Northgate
  5. Northglenn
  6. Northgrippian
  7. Northiam
  8. Northian
  9. northie
  10. northies
  11. Northill

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