Neogene

[nee-uh-jeen]Geology

adjective

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.

noun

the Neogene Period or System.

Also Neocene.

Origin of Neogene

1855–60; neo- + -gene (see -gen)

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Historical Examples of neogene

The deposits of the central, or Lycaonian, plateau consist of freshwater marls and limestones of late Tertiary or Neogene age.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7
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British Dictionary definitions for neogene

Neogene

adjective

of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs

noun

the Neogene the Neogene period or system

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neogene in Science

Neogene

[nē′ō-jēn′]

The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.