Tertiary

  1. Adjective.  (geology) Of or pertaining to the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.
  2. Noun.  (geology) The first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.
  3. Adjective.  Of third rank or order; subsequent.
  4. Noun.  A tertiary feather.
  5. Noun.  A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.

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