TRIASSIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Triassic mean? 

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

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

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

• TRIASSIC (adjective)
  The adjective TRIASSIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era

  Familiarity information: TRIASSIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIASSIC (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" is a part of...):

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

• TRIASSIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

T. rhadinus predated dinosaurs, living more than 245 million years ago during the Triassic Period.

(Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance, NSF)