PHANEROZOIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed

Synonyms:

Phanerozoic; Phanerozoic aeon; Phanerozoic eon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

aeon; eon (the longest division of geological time)

Meronyms (parts of "Phanerozoic"):

Age of Mammals; Cenozoic; Cenozoic era (approximately the last 63 million years)

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