(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:12:22

Mi"o*cene (?), a. [Gr. less + new, fresh, recent.] Geol.

Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.

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n.

The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.

 

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