Usually means: Geological epoch after Miocene, before Pleistocene.
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  1. pliocene: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Pliocene, Pliocene: Merriam-Webster
  3. Pliocene, the Pliocene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Pliocene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Pliocene, the Pliocene: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Pliocene: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pliocene, pliocene: Wordnik
  8. Pliocene, pliocene, the Pliocene, the pliocene: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Pliocene: Wiktionary
  10. Pliocene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Pliocene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Pliocene: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pliocene: Dictionary.com
  14. Pliocene: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pliocene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pliocene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pliocene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Pliocene: Rhymezone
  19. Pliocene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pliocene: FreeDictionary.org
  21. pliocene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Pliocene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Pliocene: Encyclopedia

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Field Trip to Mars (No longer online)
  3. Pliocene: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pliocene)

▸ adjective:  (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.
▸ noun:  (geology) The Pliocene epoch.

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pliocene epoch, Pleiocene, postpliocene, Pleistocene, Paleogene, Miocene, Neogene, Oligocene, Paleogenic, Paleocene, more...

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late pliocene, pliocene epoch, the pliocene, Saga of Pliocene Exile, Pliocene climate, more...

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late, early, upper, lower, middle, post, miocene, older, newer, marine, pre

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pliocene epoch, Pleiocene, postpliocene, Pleistocene, Paleogene, Miocene, Neogene, Oligocene, Paleogenic, Paleocene, more...

Phrases:
late pliocene, pliocene epoch, the pliocene, Saga of Pliocene Exile, Pliocene climate, more...

Adjectives:
late, early, upper, lower, middle, post, miocene, older, newer, marine, pre

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     olive green,     rust,     ochre,     sepia, more...



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