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    第三紀

    第だい三さん紀き

    the Tertiary period

    KMT10News #44+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    だいさんき

    Noun

    1.
    the Tertiary period

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    第だい三さん紀きは恐きょう竜りゅうが絶ぜつ滅めつした後あとの時じ代だいだ。

    The Tertiary period is the era after the extinction of dinosaurs.

    KMT7HistoryScience & Math
    第だい三さん紀きには哺ほ乳にゅう類るいが多た様よう化かし、繁はん栄えいした。

    Mammals diversified and flourished during the Tertiary period.

    KMT10HistoryScience & MathAnimals
    地ち質しつ学がくでは、新しん生せい代だいを第だい三さん紀きと第だい四よん紀きに区く分ぶんすることがある。

    In geology, the Cenozoic Era is sometimes divided into the Tertiary and Quaternary periods.

    KMT10Science & MathHistory
    第だい三さん紀きの地ち層そうからは、多おおくの化か石せきが発はっ見けんされている。

    Many fossils have been discovered from Tertiary strata.

    KMT10HistoryScience & Math
    第だい三さん紀きの終おわりには、地ち球きゅうの気き候こうが大おおきく変へん動どうした。

    At the end of the Tertiary period, the Earth's climate changed significantly.

    KMT10HistoryNature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    第
    No.・residence
    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    紀
    chronicle・account・narrative・history・annals…(1)
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