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Definition of tertiary
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Tertiary
(a.) Being of the third
formation,
order,
or rank;
third;
as, a
tertiary
use of a
word..
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Pliocene
::
Pliocene
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
characterizing,
the most
recent
division
of the
Tertiary
age..
Amblypoda
::
Amblypoda
(n. pl.) A group of
large,
extinct,
herbivorous
mammals,
common
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the
United
States..
Posttertiary
::
Posttertiary
(a.)
Following,
or more
recent
than, the
Tertiary;
Quaternary..
Faluns
::
Faluns
(n.) A
series
of
strata,
of the
Middle
Tertiary
period,
of
France,
abounding
in
shells,
and used by Lyell as the type of his
Miocene
subdivision..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) One of the quill
feathers
which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See
Illust.
of Bird.
Olive
::
Olive (n.) One of the
tertiary
colors,
composed
of
violet
and green mixed in equal
strength
and
proportion..
Crag
::
Crag (n.) A
partially
compacted
bed of
gravel
mixed with
shells,
of the
Tertiary
age..
Oreodon
::
Oreodon
(n.) A genus of
extinct
herbivorous
mammals,
abundant
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the Rocky
Mountains.
It is more or less
related
to the
camel,
hog, and
deer..
Nummulites
::
Nummulites
(n.) A genus of
extinct
Tertiary
Foraminifera,
having
a thin, flat, round
shell,
containing
a large
number
of small
chambers
arranged
spirally..
Alabama Period
::
Alabama
period
() A
period
in the
American
eocene,
the
lowest
in the
tertiary
age
except
the
lignitic..
Toxodonta
::
Toxodonta
(n.pl.)
An
extinct
order of
Mammalia
found in the South
American
Tertiary
formation.
The
incisor
teeth were long and
curved
and
provided
with a
persistent
pulp. They are
supposed
to be
related
both to the
rodents
and
ungulates.
Called
also
Toxodontia.
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) A
member
of the Third Order in any
monastic
system;
as, the
Franciscan
tertiaries;
the
Dominican
tertiaries;
the
Carmelite
tertiaries.
See Third
Order,
under
Third..
Cenozoic
::
Cenozoic
(a.)
Belonging
to the most
recent
division
of
geological
time,
including
the
tertiary,
or Age of
mammals,
and the
Quaternary,
or Age of man.
[Written
also
caenozoic,
cainozoic,
kainozoic.]
See
Geology..
Pretertiary
::
Pretertiary
(a.)
Earlier
than
Tertiary.
Quaternary
::
Quaternary
(a.) Later than, or
subsequent
to, the
Tertiary;
Post-tertiary;
as, the
Quaternary
age, or Age of man..
Coryphodon
::
Coryphodon
(n.) A genus of
extinct
mammals
from the
eocene
tertiary
of
Europe
and
America.
Its
species
varied
in size
between
the tapir and
rhinoceros,
and were
allied
to those
animals,
but had
short,
plantigrade,
five-toed
feet, like the
elephant..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.) Being of the third
formation,
order,
or rank;
third;
as, a
tertiary
use of a
word..
Paleotherium
::
Paleotherium
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
herbivorous
Tertiary
mammals,
once
supposed
to have
resembled
the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more
slender
form, with a long neck like that of a
llama..
Molasse
::
Molasse
(n.) A soft
Tertiary
sandstone;
--
applied
to a rock
occurring
in
Switzerland.
See Chart of
Geology.
Eocene
::
Eocene
(a.)
Pertaining
to the first in time of the three
subdivisions
into which the
Tertiary
formation
is
divided
by
geologists,
and
alluding
to the
approximation
in its life to that of the
present
era; as,
Eocene
deposits..
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