Carboniferous period (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

From 345 million to 280 million years agoplay

Synonyms:

Carboniferous; Carboniferous 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)

Meronyms (parts of "Carboniferous period"):

Pennsylvanian; Pennsylvanian period; Upper Carboniferous; Upper Carboniferous period (from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land)

Lower Carboniferous; Lower Carboniferous period; Missippian period; Mississippian (from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects)

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

Paleozoic; Paleozoic era (from 544 million to about 230 million years ago)

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