Hoxnian
/ˈhɒksnɪən/adjective
1- Geology of, relating to, or denoting an interglacial period of the Pleistocene in Britain, following the Anglian glaciation and identified with the Holsteinian of northern Europe【地质】霍克斯尼间冰期的(英国更新世的间冰期之一, 相当于北欧的好斯敦间冰期)
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- as noun the Hoxnian the Hoxnian interglacial or the system of deposits laid down during it.霍克斯尼间冰期(或沉积)
词源
1950s: from Hoxne, the name of a village in Suffolk,+-IAN.