Usually means: Geological era after Mesozoic period.
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  1. Tertiary period: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Tertiary period: Vocabulary.com
  3. tertiary period: Wordnik
  4. tertiary period: Dictionary.com
  5. Tertiary Period: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Tertiary period: Rhymezone
  7. tertiary period: FreeDictionary.org
  8. tertiary period: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. Tertiary period: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Tertiary Period, Tertiary Period: Encyclopedia

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  1. Tertiary Period, Tertiary period: Medical dictionary

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  1. Tertiary Period: Dictionary of Geology
  2. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)

(Note: See tertiary_periods as well.)

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noun:  from 63 million to 2 million years ago

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