JURASSIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does Jurassic mean?
• JURASSIC (noun)
The noun JURASSIC has 1 sense:
1. from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
Familiarity information: JURASSIC used as a noun is very rare.
• JURASSIC (adjective)
The adjective JURASSIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era
Familiarity information: JURASSIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JURASSIC (noun)
Meaning:
From 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Jurassic; Jurassic period
Instance hypernyms:
geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)
Holonyms ("Jurassic" is a part of...):
Age of Reptiles; Mesozoic; Mesozoic era (from 230 million to 63 million years ago)
• JURASSIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Jurassic (from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers)
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