Meaning of MESOZOIC
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| Definition: | | [n] from 63 million to 230 million years ago |
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| Synonyms: | | Age of Reptiles, Mesozoic era |
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| See Also: | | Cretaceous, Cretaceous period, era, geological era, Jurassic, Jurassic period, Triassic, Triassic period | |
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\Mes`o*zo"ic\, a. [Meso- + Gr. ? life, fr. ? to live.]
(Geol.)
Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian age, or
the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of
{Geology}.
\Mes`o*zo"ic\, n.
The Mesozoic age or formation.
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