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Neocene :: Neocene (a.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word..

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..

Pretertiary :: Pretertiary (a.) Earlier than Tertiary.

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.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation..

Taxeopoda :: Taxeopoda (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

Pliocene :: Pliocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age..

Pleistocene :: Pleistocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man..

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..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Triethylamine :: Triethylamine (n.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.

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..

Xiphodon :: Xiphodon (n.) An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary..

Alabama Period :: Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic..

Period :: Period (n.) One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology..

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..

Crag :: Crag (n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age..

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