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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: pleion 'more' + kainos 'recent'

Pliocene

 adjective
     
Related topics: Earth Sciences
Pli‧o‧cene
HE belonging to the period in the Earth's history that started about 5 million years ago and continued about 3 million years
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