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English Dictionary: Cenozoic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cenozoic
adj
  1. of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era
n
  1. approximately the last 63 million years [syn: Cenozoic, Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cenozoic \Ce`no*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] recent + [?] life.] (Geol.)
      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 {c[91]nozoic},
      {cainozoic}, {kainozoic}.] See {Geology}.
  
      Note: This word is used by many authors as synonymous with
               Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.
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