"Loess" is a word in ENGLISH
A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish
earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
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Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or …
Read the complete definitionA subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain.
Read the complete definitionAn extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large …
Read the complete definitionAn extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with …
Read the complete definitionAn extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair …
Read the complete definitionAn extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.
Read the complete definitionAn extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.
Read the complete definitionFollowing, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.
Read the complete definitionA homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and …
Read the complete definitionLater than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
Read the complete definitionThe Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.
Read the complete definitionThe number four.
Read the complete definitionConsisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
Read the complete definitionComposed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
Read the complete definitionA calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins …
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