Tertiary

See also: tertiary

English

Etymology

See tertiary.

Adjective

Tertiary (not comparable)

(geology) Of or pertaining to the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.

Translations

of the first part of the Cenozoic era

Catalan: terciari m, terciària f
Finnish: tertiäärikautinen, tertiäärinen (fi)

Georgian: მესამეული (mesameuli)
Italian: terziario (it)

Proper noun

Tertiary

(geology) The first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.

Translations

first part of the Cenozoic era

Catalan: terciari m
Finnish: tertiäärikausi (fi)
French: Tertiaire (fr) m
Georgian: მესამეული სისტემა (mesameuli sisṭema), მესამეული პერიოდი (mesameuli ṗeriodi)

German: Tertiär (de) n
Italian: terziario (it)
Polish: trzeciorzęd (pl) m
Vietnamese: kỉ Đệ Tam

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