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plio-pleistocene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
plio--pleis-tocene
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An informally defined period that combines the time ranges of the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Inflected Forms

the Plio-Pleistocene (canonical)

Questions

What does plio-pleistocene mean?
An informally defined period that combines the time ranges of the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

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