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