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Plio-Pleistocene

Plio-Pleistocene proper noun: an informally defined period that combines the time ranges of the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Proper noun

the Plio-Pleistocene

  1. An informally defined period that combines the time ranges of the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Questions about Plio-Pleistocene

What does Plio-Pleistocene mean?
Plio-Pleistocene means an informally defined period that combines the time ranges of the Pliocene and Pleistocene.
What part of speech is Plio-Pleistocene?
Plio-Pleistocene is a proper noun.

Words near Plio-Pleistocene in the dictionary

  1. plinthosols
  2. plinths
  3. Pliny
  4. Plinydom
  5. Plinys
  6. Plio-Pleistocene
  7. Pliocene
  8. Pliocene Ridge
  9. pliomerid
  10. pliomerids
  11. pliopithecid

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