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English Dictionary: Oligocene by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oligocene
n
  1. from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
    Synonym(s): Oligocene, Oligocene epoch
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}.
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