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Cainozoic

American  
[kahy-nuh-zoh-ik, key-] / ˌkaɪ nəˈzoʊ ɪk, ˌkeɪ- /

adjective

Geology.
  1. Cenozoic.


Cainozoic British  
/ ˌkeɪ-, ˌkaɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk /

adjective

  1. a variant of Cenozoic

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Cainozoic or Neozoic Post-Tertiary or Tertiary ┌Modern └Post-Glacial Age of Man and modern Mammals.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William

Cainozoic, or Tertiary.—Beds of this age, in England at all events, are for the most part made up of comparatively soft rocks, gravels, sands, and clays, and are found in the eastern and south-eastern counties.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

At the outset of the Cainozoic period the climate of the world was austere.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

THE opening of the next great period in the life of the earth, the Cainozoic period, was a period of upheaval and extreme volcanic activity.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The differences between the life of the Cainozoic and Mesozoic periods are far profounder than the resemblances.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)