the tertiary period
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Definition & Meaning of "tertiary period"in English

The Tertiary period
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a division of earth's geological time that began about 66 million years ago and lasted until about 2.6 million years ago 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
tertiary periods
proper
Examples
The Tertiary Period saw the diversification of mammals after the extinction of the dinosaurs. 
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