Definitions for Neogene

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Neogene Ne·o·gene

Spelling: [nee-uh-jeen]

IPA: /ˈni əˌdʒin/

Neogene is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in Neogene (eeegnno).

Definitions for Neogene

noun

1. the Neogene Period or System.

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era. Compare Paleogene.

Origin of Neogene

1855-60; neo- + -gene (see -gen)

Examples for Neogene

The deposits of the central, or Lycaonian, plateau consist of freshwater marls and limestones of late Tertiary or Neogene age.