Messinian
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.
Proper noun[edit]
Messinian
- (geology, paleontology) The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Messinian (not comparable)
- Alternative form of Messenian
Noun[edit]
Messinian (plural Messinians)
- Alternative form of Messenian