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Jurassic

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Noun

1. jurassic, jurassic period

from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers

Adjective

2. jurassic

of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jurassic

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adjective
1. 
of, denoting, or formed in the second period of the Mesozoic era, between the Triassic and Cretaceous periods, lasting for 55 million years during which dinosaurs and ammonites flourished
noun
2.  the Jurassic

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Jurassic

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adjective
[sometimesj-]
designating or of the second geologic period of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by the breakup of Laurasia and Gondwana and the development of giant dinosaurs and the first birds

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jurassic

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adj.
Of, relating to, or being the period of geologic time from about 200 to 146 million years ago, the second period of the Mesozoic Era, in which dinosaurs were the dominant form of terrestrial animal life, and the earliest birds appeared. See Table at geologic time.
n.
The Jurassic Period.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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