English Explanatory Dictionary

Messinian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
adj
  1. Alternative form of Messenian.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Messenian.

Word forms

Messinian Messinians

Etymology

From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.

Derived words

Messinian event Messinian salinity crisis
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