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adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era. Compare Paleogene.
noun
2.
the Neogene Period or System.
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Neogene
is always a great word to know.
So is convergent plate boundary. Does it mean:
| tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other |
| portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus |
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Neogene  (nē'ō-jēn') Pronunciation Key
The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs. |
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