English Dictionary

Pliocene

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈplaɪəsiːn/

形容詞

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(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.

日本語の意味

鮮新世：新第三紀に属する地質時代の一つで、約530万年前から170万年前を指し、人類の最初の先祖が現れる時代とされる。

The Pliocene sediments revealed a surprising diversity of marine fossils.

鮮新世の堆積物からは驚くほど多様な海洋の化石が見つかった。

意味（1）

(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.

[I]n a final sentence he expressed his conviction that his opponents did not in truth represent the thought of the twentieth century, but might rather be regarded as mental fossils dug from some early Pliocene horizon.