Tertiary

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English

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Tertiary

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.

Derived terms

Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora

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
Hungarian: harmadkor (hu), harmadidőszak (hu)
Italian: terziario (it)
Japanese: 第三紀 (ja) (daisanki)
Polish: trzeciorzęd (pl) m
Swedish: tertiär (sv)
Vietnamese: kỉ Đệ Tam

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