Usually means: Geological epoch after Oligocene, before Pliocene.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word miocene:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. Miocene: Merriam-Webster
  2. Miocene, the Miocene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Miocene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Miocene, the Miocene: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Miocene: Vocabulary.com
  6. Miocene, miocene: Wordnik
  7. Miocene: Wiktionary
  8. Miocene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Miocene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Miocene: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Miocene: Dictionary.com
  12. Miocene: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Miocene (band), Miocene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Miocene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. miocene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Miocene: Rhymezone
  17. Miocene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. miocene: FreeDictionary.org
  19. miocene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Miocene: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Miocene: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Miocene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Field Trip to Mars (No longer online)
  3. Miocene: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Miocene)

▸ adjective:  (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago; marked by the drift of continents to their present position.
▸ noun:  (geology) The Miocene epoch.

Similar:
miocene epoch, Oligocene, Eocene, Neogene, Pliocene, Paleogene, Neocene, Holocene, Pleiocene, Pleistocene, more...

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pliocene, holocene, pleistocene

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early, middle, late, more...

Phrases:
miocene epoch, miocene period, miocene era, Middle Miocene disruption, Late Miocene, more...

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late, early, middle, upper, lower, oligocene, oligo, post, pre, mid, marine

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miocene epoch, Oligocene, Eocene, Neogene, Pliocene, Paleogene, Neocene, Holocene, Pleiocene, Pleistocene, more...

Opposite:
pliocene, holocene, pleistocene

Types:
early, middle, late, more...

Phrases:
miocene epoch, miocene period, miocene era, Middle Miocene disruption, Late Miocene, Early Miocene, Middle Miocene, more...

Adjectives:
late, early, middle, upper, lower, oligocene, oligo, post, pre, mid, marine

Colors:
    olive,     sage,     umber,     sand,     amber, more...



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