Miocene

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Miocene /ˈmʌɪə(ʊ)siːn/

▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the fourth epoch of the Tertiary period (between the Oligocene and Pliocene epochs, 23.3 to 5.2 million years ago), a time when the first apes appeared.

– origin C19: formed irregularly from Gk meiōn ‘less’ + kainos ‘new’.

'Miocene' also found in these Oxford entries:

Dryopithecus - mastodon - Neogene - Oligocene - Pliocene - Ramapithecus

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