pliocene epoch

1. 1.

   from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals

   SynonymsPliocene

   Broaderepoch

   Part ofTertiary

Questions about pliocene epoch

What does pliocene epoch mean?

pliocene epoch means "from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals".

What is another word for pliocene epoch?

Close synonyms include Pliocene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pliocene epoch a common word?

pliocene epoch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.