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Pliocene

/ˈplaɪəsiːn/

Pliocene adjective: 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.

Adjective

Pliocene (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • [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 ".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

Proper noun

Pliocene

  1. The Pliocene epoch.

Pliocene meaning in Hindi and Tamil

Pliocene in Hindi

of the Pliocene epoch
अतिनूतन युग atinūtan yug

Pliocene in Tamil

பிளியோசீன், பிளேயோசீன்

Forms of Pliocene

alternative formPleiocene

Origin of Pliocene

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. By surface analysis, pleio- + -cene.

Words formed from Pliocene

Questions about Pliocene

What does Pliocene mean?
Pliocene means 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.
What is Pliocene in Hindi?
Pliocene in Hindi is अतिनूतन युग (atinūtan yug). See Pliocene meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Pliocene?
Pliocene can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pliocene?
Pliocene is pronounced /ˈplaɪəsiːn/.

Words near Pliocene in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pliocene (page history and authors); pliocene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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