TRIASSIC PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Triassic period mean? 

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

1. from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIASSIC PERIOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Triassic; Triassic period

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

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