MESOZOIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mesozoic mean? 

• MESOZOIC (noun)
  The noun MESOZOIC has 1 sense:

1. from 230 million to 63 million years ago

  Familiarity information: MESOZOIC used as a noun is very rare.

• MESOZOIC (adjective)
  The adjective MESOZOIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or denoting the Mesozoic era

  Familiarity information: MESOZOIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESOZOIC (noun)

Meaning:

From 230 million to 63 million years ago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Age of Reptiles; Mesozoic; Mesozoic era

Instance hypernyms:

era; geological era (a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods)

Meronyms (parts of "Mesozoic"):

Cretaceous; Cretaceous period (from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants)

Jurassic; Jurassic period (from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers)

Triassic; Triassic period (from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity)

• MESOZOIC (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to or denoting the Mesozoic era

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mesozoic (from 230 million to 63 million years ago)