| English Dictionary |
PALEOCENE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Paleocene mean?
• PALEOCENE (noun)
The noun PALEOCENE has 1 sense:
1. from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
Familiarity information: PALEOCENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
From 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Paleocene; Paleocene epoch
Instance hypernyms:
epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)
Holonyms ("Paleocene" is a part of...):
Tertiary; Tertiary period (from 63 million to 2 million years ago)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Money makes the mare go." (English proverb)
"Who is lazy dies from hunger." (Albanian proverb)
"He who does not know the falcon would grill it." (Arabic proverb)
"The doctor comes to the house where the sun can't reach." (Corsican proverb)
"Who is lazy dies from hunger." (Albanian proverb)
"He who does not know the falcon would grill it." (Arabic proverb)
"The doctor comes to the house where the sun can't reach." (Corsican proverb)