Word Study
holo- |
holoblast |
holoblastic |
holocanthus tricolor |
holocaust |
holocene
| holocene epoch
| holocentridae
| holocentrus
| holocentrus ascensionis
| holocentrus bullisi
holocene
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun holocene has 1 sense
- holocene(n = noun.time) holocene epoch, recent, recent epoch - approximately the last 10,000 years; Array is a part of age of man, quaternary, quaternary period
is a kind of epoch
CIDE DICTIONARY
holocene, n.
The geological period comprising approximately the last 10,000 years. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
holocene, adj. & n. Geol.
--adj. of or relating to the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period with evidence of human development and intervention, and the extinction of large mammals.
--adj. of or relating to the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period with evidence of human development and intervention, and the extinction of large mammals.
Usage
Cf. Appendix II.
--n. this period or system. Also called RECENT.
--n. this period or system. Also called RECENT.
Etymology
HOLO- + Gk kainos new
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