Толковый словарь английского языка - cenozoic
Cenozoic
cenozoic
adjective Etymology: Greek kainos + English -zoic Date: 1841 of, relating to, or being an era of geological history that extends from the beginning of the Tertiary period to the present time and is marked by a rapid evolution of mammals and birds and of angiosperms and especially grasses and by little change in the invertebrates, ~ noun
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(also Cainozoic, Caenozoic) adj. & n. Geol. --adj. of or relating to the most recent era of geological time, marked by the evolution and development of mammals, birds, and flowers. Usage Cf. Appendix II. --n. this era (cf. MESOZOIC, PALAEOZOIC). Etymology: Gk kainos new + zoion animal CENSER n. a vessel in which incense is burnt, esp. during a religious procession or ceremony. Etymology: ME f. AF censer, OF censier aphetic of encensier f. encens INCENSE(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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