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Neogene

[ nee-uh-jeen ]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era. Compare Paleogene.


noun

  1. the Neogene Period or System.

Neogene

/ ˈniːəˌdʒiːn /

adjective

  1. of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs
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noun

  1. the Neogene
    the Neogene period or system
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Neogene

/ ō-jēn′ /

  1. The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Neogene1

1855–60; neo- + -gene ( -gen )
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Example Sentences

The deposits of the central, or Lycaonian, plateau consist of freshwater marls and limestones of late Tertiary or Neogene age.

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