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quaternary

nounadjective /kwətɜrnəri/ 4 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 22 WWF 23
Definitions
noun

last 2 million years

adjective

coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

“the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present”

adjective

consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four

“a quaternary compound”

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

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