Eocene

See also: éocène and Éocène

English

Etymology

The name Eocene comes from the Ancient Greek ἠώς (eos, dawn) and καινός (kainos, new) and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. (Copied verbatim from Wikipedia).

Adjective

Eocene (comparative more Eocene, superlative most Eocene)

  1. (geology) of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 56 to 34 million years ago.

Proper noun

Eocene

  1. (geology) the Eocene epoch

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Geologic timescale
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