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caenogenesis
Kenogenesis Ken`o*gen"e*sis, n. [Gr. ? new + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also c[ae]nogenesis.]
Caenozoic
Caenozoic C[ae]`no*zo"ic, a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic.
caenozoic
Cenozoic Ce`no*zo"ic, a. [Gr. ? recent + ? life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also c[ae]nozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology. Note: This word is used by many authors as synonymous with Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.

Meaning of Caeno from wikipedia

- Caeno or Kaino (Ancient Gr****: Καινώ) was a town of ancient Crete, which, according to the legend of the purification of Apollo by Carmanor at Tarrha...
- It is the type species of its genus. The name is a blend of the Gr**** caeno- (recent), rhabditis (rod-like) and Latin elegans (elegant). In 1900, Maupas...
- decaying dead animals and rotting fruit. The name comes from Gr****: caeno- (καινός (caenos) = new, recent); rhabditis = rod-like (ῥάβδος (rhabdos) = rod, wand)...
- Britomartis, who is also called Dictynna, the myths relate, was born at Caeno in Crete of Zeus and Carmê, the daughter of Eubulus who was the son of Demeter;...
- what he did in the country, he answered Prandeo, poto, cano, ludo, lavo, caeno,[check spelling] quiesco: I dine, drink, sing, play, bathe, sup, rest. However...
- Aquileia. Lucius Accius Augurinus, a soldier buried at Rome. Lucius Accius Caeno, buried at the present site of Hinojosa de Duero, formerly part of Lusitania...
- means "unusual beak", from the Ancient Gr**** rhamphos (ῥάµϕος, "beak") and cænos (καινός, "strange"). The specific epithet combines the Ancient Gr**** melas...
- defeating them before Antium, the Volscian capital, and taking the town of Caeno. When the Sabines attempted to take advantage of the consuls' absence, Numicius...