Messinian
The English word “Messinian” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
- The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
Etymology
From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.
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More English words
- Messine
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- messless
- messlessly
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