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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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Tertial
::
Tertial
(a. & n.) Same as
Tertiary.
Subapical
::
Subapennine
(a.)
Under,
or at the foot of, the
Apennine
mountains;
--
applied,
in
geology,
to a
series
of
Tertiary
strata
of the older
Pliocene
period..
Triethylamine
::
Triethylamine
(n.) A
tertiary
amine
analogous
to
trimethylamine.
Taxeopoda
::
Taxeopoda
(n. pl.) An order of
extinct
Mammalia
found in the
Tertiary
formations.
Hipparion
::
Hipparion
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
Tertiary
mammals
allied
to the
horse,
but
three-toed,
having
on each foot a small
lateral
hoof on each side of the main
central
one. It is
believed
to be one of the
ancestral
genera
of the Horse
family..
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..
Laramie Group
::
Laramie
group () An
extensive
series
of
strata,
principally
developed
in the Rocky
Mountain
region,
as in the
Laramie
Mountains,
and
formerly
supposed
to be of the
Tertiary
age, but now
generally
regarded
as
Cretaceous,
or of
intermediate
and
transitional
character.
It
contains
beds of
lignite,
often
valuable
for coal, and is hence also
called
the
lignitic
group.
See Chart of
Geology..
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..
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..
Flysch
::
Flysch
(n.) A name given to the
series
of
sandstones
and
schists
overlying
the true
nummulitic
formation
in the Alps, and
included
in the
Eocene
Tertiary..
Pretertiary
::
Pretertiary
(a.)
Earlier
than
Tertiary.
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.) The
Tertiary
era,
period,
or
formation..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.)
Possessing
some
quality
in the third
degree;
having
been
subjected
to the
substitution
of three atoms or
radicals;
as, a
tertiary
alcohol,
amine,
or salt. Cf.
Primary,
and
Secondary..
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..
Bad Lands
::
Bad lands ()
Barren
regions,
especially
in the
western
United
States,
where
horizontal
strata
(Tertiary
deposits)
have been often
eroded
into
fantastic
forms,
and much
intersected
by
ca–ons,
and where lack of wood,
water,
and
forage
increases
the
difficulty
of
traversing
the
country,
whence
the name, first given by the
Canadian
French,
Mauvaises
Terres
(bad
lands)..
Period
::
Period
(n.) One of the great
divisions
of
geological
time; as, the
Tertiary
period;
the
Glacial
period.
See the Chart of
Geology..
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..
Miocene
::
Miocene
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
middle
division
of the
Tertiary.
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