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始新世

Shǐ xīn shì

3-character word

What 始新世 means

1. Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

The characters in 始新世

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 世shìlife; age; generation

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