Mĭ'o-cēne, a.
a. [Gr. μείων, μεῖον, less, and καινός, new, fresh, recent.] (Geol.) Less recent; — a term applied to the middle division of the tertiary strata.
a. [Gr. μείων, μεῖον, less, and καινός, new, fresh, recent.] (Geol.) Less recent; — a term applied to the middle division of the tertiary strata.