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TRIASSIC PERIOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
From 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity
Synonyms:
Triassic; Triassic period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
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)