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oligocene


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oligocene  \Ol"i*go*cene\,  a.  [Oligo-  +  Gr  ?  new  recent.] 
  (Geol.) 
  Of  pertaining  to  or  designating,  certain  strata  which 
  occupy  an  intermediate  position  between  the  Eocene  and 
  Miocene  periods.  --  n.  The  Oligocene  period.  See  the  Chart  of 
  {Geology}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Oligocene 
  n  :  from  25  million  to  40  million  years  ago;  appearance  of 
  sabertoothed  cats  [syn:  {Oligocene},  {Oligocene  epoch}] 




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