PERMIAN PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Permian period mean? 

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

1. from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMIAN PERIOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Permian; Permian period

Instance hypernyms:

geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)

Holonyms ("Permian period" is a part of...):

Paleozoic; Paleozoic era (from 544 million to about 230 million years ago)