Permian

['pə:miən]

Definition

(noun.) from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles.

Edited by Charlene--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era.

(n.) The Permian period. See Chart of Geology.

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Definition

n. a group of strata forming the uppermost division of the Palezoic series.

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