Eocene
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Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions intowhich the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alludingto the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as,Eocene deposits.-- n.
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Relating to or denoting the second epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Palaeocene and Oligocene epochs.
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