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Quaternary :: Quaternary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man..

Paleotherium :: Paleotherium (n.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama..

Triethylamine :: Triethylamine (n.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.

Toxodonta :: Toxodonta (n.pl.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation..

Nummulites :: Nummulites (n.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally..

Pretertiary :: Pretertiary (a.) Earlier than Tertiary.

Hipparion :: Hipparion (n.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word..

Molasse :: Molasse (n.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

Amblypoda :: Amblypoda (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States..

Flysch :: Flysch (n.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary..

Crag :: Crag (n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age..

Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..

Posttertiary :: Posttertiary (a.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third..

Olive :: Olive (n.) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion..

Taxeopoda :: Taxeopoda (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

Oreodon :: Oreodon (n.) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer..

Laramie Group :: Laramie group () An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology..

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