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English adjective: tertiary

1. tertiary coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position


Synonyms3rd, third


Similarordinal


Antonymscardinal


English noun: Tertiary

1. Tertiary (time) from 63 million to 2 million years ago


SynonymsTertiary period


Instance hypernymgeological period, period


Part holonymEocene, Eocene epoch, Miocene, Miocene epoch, Oligocene, Oligocene epoch, Paleocene, Paleocene epoch, Pliocene, Pliocene epoch


Part meronymAge of Mammals, Cenozoic, Cenozoic era









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