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