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Definition of tertiary
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Tertiary
(a.)
Growing
on the
innermost
joint of a
bird's
wing;
tertial;
-- said of
quills.
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Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) The
Tertiary
era,
period,
or
formation..
Taxeopoda
::
Taxeopoda
(n. pl.) An order of
extinct
Mammalia
found in the
Tertiary
formations.
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.
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..
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..
Pliocene
::
Pliocene
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
characterizing,
the most
recent
division
of the
Tertiary
age..
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..
Crag
::
Crag (n.) A
partially
compacted
bed of
gravel
mixed with
shells,
of the
Tertiary
age..
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.
Triethylamine
::
Triethylamine
(n.) A
tertiary
amine
analogous
to
trimethylamine.
Period
::
Period
(n.) One of the great
divisions
of
geological
time; as, the
Tertiary
period;
the
Glacial
period.
See the Chart of
Geology..
Diabase
::
Diabase
(n.) A
basic,
dark-colored,
holocrystalline,
igneous
rock,
consisting
essentially
of a
triclinic
feldspar
and
pyroxene
with
magnetic
iron; -- often
limited
to rocks
pretertiary
in age. It
includes
part of what was early
called
greenstone..
Posttertiary
::
Posttertiary
(a.)
Following,
or more
recent
than, the
Tertiary;
Quaternary..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.) Being of the third
formation,
order,
or rank;
third;
as, a
tertiary
use of a
word..
Molasse
::
Molasse
(n.) A soft
Tertiary
sandstone;
--
applied
to a rock
occurring
in
Switzerland.
See Chart of
Geology.
Sivatherium
::
Sivatherium
(n.) A genus of very large
extinct
ruminants
found in the
Tertiary
formation
of
India.
The snout was
prolonged
in the form of a
proboscis.
The male had four
horns,
the
posterior
pair being large and
branched.
It was
allied
to the
antelopes,
but very much
larger
than any
exsisting
species..
Tertial
::
Tertial
(a. & n.) Same as
Tertiary.
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)..
Syphilitic
::
Syphilis
(n.) The pox, or
venereal
disease;
a
chronic,
specific,
infectious
disease,
usually
communicated
by
sexual
intercourse
or by
hereditary
transmission,
and
occurring
in three
stages
known as
primary,
secondary,
and
tertiary
syphilis.
See under
Primary,
Secondary,
and
Tertiary..
Amblypoda
::
Amblypoda
(n. pl.) A group of
large,
extinct,
herbivorous
mammals,
common
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the
United
States..
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