TRIASSIC

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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" is a part of...):

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

Meaning:

Of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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