English Explanatory Dictionary

Jurassic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Mesozoic era as a whole.
  3. Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.
  4. Very old-fashioned and outdated.
name
  1. The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.

Pronunciation

jo͝o-răs'ĭk /d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Jurassic.wav

Word forms

Jurassic

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland.

Translations

Bulgarian: юрски Catalan: juràssic Czech: jurský Finnish: jurakautinen French: jurassique Galician: xurásico Georgian: იურული Hebrew: יורה Irish: Iúrasach Macedonian: јурски Mongolian: юрийн Polish: jurajski Portuguese: jurássico Turkish: Jura
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