Usually means: Geological epoch after Eocene, before Miocene.
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  1. Oligocene, Oligocene: Merriam-Webster
  2. Oligocene, the Oligocene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Oligocene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Oligocene, the Oligocene: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Oligocene: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oligocene: Wordnik
  7. Oligocene: Wiktionary
  8. Oligocene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Oligocene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Oligocene: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Oligocene: Dictionary.com
  12. Oligocene: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Oligocene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Oligocene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. oligocene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Oligocene: Rhymezone
  17. Oligocene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. oligocene: FreeDictionary.org
  19. oligocene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Oligocene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Oligocene)

▸ adjective:  (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 34 to 23 million years ago; marked by the rapid evolution in a warm climate.
▸ noun:  (geology) The Oligocene epoch.

Similar:
oligocene epoch, Eocene, Paleogene, Miocene, Paleocene, Paleogenic, Pliocene, Palaeocene, Pleistocene, Pleiocene, more...

Opposite:
Miocene, Pliocene, Holocene

Types:
Eocene, Paleocene, Eocene-Oligocene, Oligocene-Miocene, Oligocene-Pliocene, more...

Phrases:
late oligocene, early oligocene, oligocene epoch, oligocene system, more...

Adjectives:
late, early, middle, upper, lower, eocene, marine, pre, mid, post, uppermost
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Similar:
oligocene epoch, Eocene, Paleogene, Miocene, Paleocene, Paleogenic, Pliocene, Palaeocene, Pleistocene, Pleiocene, more...

Opposite:
Miocene, Pliocene, Holocene

Types:
Eocene, Paleocene, Eocene-Oligocene, Oligocene-Miocene, Oligocene-Pliocene, more...

Phrases:
late oligocene, early oligocene, oligocene epoch, oligocene system, more...

Adjectives:
late, early, middle, upper, lower, eocene, marine, pre, mid, post, uppermost



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