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Definition of: Pliocene
(plī′ə·sēn) Geol. adjective
Of or pertaining to the latest epoch of the Tertiary period, following the Miocene and succeeded by the Pleistocene.
—noun The Pliocene epoch or rock series. Also Pleiocene. [<Gk. pleiōn more + kainos new]
—Pil′o·cen′ic (-sen′ik) adjective
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