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Definition of tertiary
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tertiary is as below...
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..
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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.)
Growing
on the
innermost
joint of a
bird's
wing;
tertial;
-- said of
quills.
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..
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.
Miocene
::
Miocene
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
middle
division
of the
Tertiary.
Quaternary
::
Quaternary
(a.) Later than, or
subsequent
to, the
Tertiary;
Post-tertiary;
as, the
Quaternary
age, or Age of man..
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..
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..
Molasse
::
Molasse
(n.) A soft
Tertiary
sandstone;
--
applied
to a rock
occurring
in
Switzerland.
See Chart of
Geology.
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) The
Tertiary
era,
period,
or
formation..
Posttertiary
::
Posttertiary
(a.)
Following,
or more
recent
than, the
Tertiary;
Quaternary..
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..
Nummulites
::
Nummulites
(n.) A genus of
extinct
Tertiary
Foraminifera,
having
a thin, flat, round
shell,
containing
a large
number
of small
chambers
arranged
spirally..
Amblypoda
::
Amblypoda
(n. pl.) A group of
large,
extinct,
herbivorous
mammals,
common
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the
United
States..
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..
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..
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..
Period
::
Period
(n.) One of the great
divisions
of
geological
time; as, the
Tertiary
period;
the
Glacial
period.
See the 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..
Pliocene
::
Pliocene
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
characterizing,
the most
recent
division
of the
Tertiary
age..
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