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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats;
[syn: Oligocene, Oligocene epoch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oligocene \Ol"i*go*cene\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ? new, recent.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. -- n. The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology. [1913 Webster] Oligochaeta
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Oligocene n 1: from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats [syn: Oligocene, Oligocene epoch]