JURASSIC PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jurassic period mean? 

• JURASSIC PERIOD (noun)
  The noun JURASSIC PERIOD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JURASSIC PERIOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JURASSIC PERIOD (noun)

Sense 1

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 period" is a part of...):

Age of Reptiles; Mesozoic; Mesozoic era (from 230 million to 63 million years ago)

 Context examples 

Measuring approximately 13 inches in length, Ambopteryx would have lived in the trees of the Jurassic period and used its wings to glide through the air, rather than for powered flight.

(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The scientists hope to gain a better understanding about the creature’s ecosystem and more about the Middle Jurassic period that lasted from about 160 to 180 million years ago.

(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)

Here, said he, pointing to the picture of an extraordinary flying monster, is an excellent reproduction of the dimorphodon, or pterodactyl, a flying reptile of the Jurassic period.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)