A suffix or combining form meaning 'new' or 'recent,' used in geological and scientific terminology (as in 'Cenozoic').
From Greek 'kainos' meaning 'new' or 'recent.' This combining form appears throughout scientific nomenclature, especially in geology where it denotes recent geological periods.
The entire age of dinosaurs' disappearance and mammals' rise is called the 'Cenozoic Era' from this Greek root—it literally means 'new life,' marking the beginning of modern animal diversity!
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