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CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From 345 million to 280 million years ago
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)
