Neogene

  1. Adjective.  (geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.
  2. Proper noun.  (geology) The Neogene period.

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