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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. approximately the last 63 million years;
[syn: Cenozoic, Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cenozoic \Ce`no*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also c[ae]nozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is used by many authors as synonymous with Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cenozoic adj 1: of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era n 1: approximately the last 63 million years [syn: Cenozoic, Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals]