Messinian
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