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Word: tertiary (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • geology Of or pertaining to the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared
  • Of third rank or order; subsequent.

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Noun:

  • A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.
  • A tertiary feather.
  • geology The first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared

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