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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eocene \E"o*cene\, a. [Gr. ? daybreak, dawn + ? new recent.] (Geol.) 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. -- n. The Eocene formation. --Lyell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Eocene n : from 40 million to 58 million years ago; presence of modern mammals [syn: {Eocene}, {Eocene epoch}]
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