Associations to the word «Cenozoic»

Wiktionary

CENOZOIC, adjective. (geology) Of or pertaining to the Cenozoic era.
CENOZOIC, proper noun. (geology) A geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene and Neogene periods from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.

Dictionary definition

CENOZOIC, noun. Approximately the last 63 million years.
CENOZOIC, adjective. Of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats