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Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.

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  1. a. Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
  2. n. The Pliocene period or deposits.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age. The Pliocene period or deposits.
  4. Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent divisionof the Tertiary age.
  5. n. from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals