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OLIGOCENE EPOCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oligocene epoch mean?
• OLIGOCENE EPOCH (noun)
The noun OLIGOCENE EPOCH has 1 sense:
1. from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
Familiarity information: OLIGOCENE EPOCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Oligocene; Oligocene epoch
Instance hypernyms:
epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)
Holonyms ("Oligocene epoch" is a part of...):
Tertiary; Tertiary period (from 63 million to 2 million years ago)
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