TRIASSIC


Meaning of TRIASSIC in English

adj.

Pronunciation: tr ī - ' a-sik

Function: adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin trias triad; from the three subdivisions of the European Triassic ― more at TRIAD

Date: 1841

: of, relating to, or being the earliest period of the Mesozoic era or the corresponding system of rocks marked by the first appearance of the dinosaurs ― see GEOLOGIC TIME table

– Triassic noun

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