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triassic

Tri·as·sic
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trahy-as-ik]
    • /traɪˈæs ɪk/
    • /traɪˈæs.ɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trahy-as-ik]
    • /traɪˈæs ɪk/

Definitions of triassic word

  • adjective triassic noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, occurring from 230 to 190 million years ago and characterized by the advent of dinosaurs and coniferous forests. 1
  • noun triassic Also, Trias [trahy-uh s] /ˈtraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). the Triassic Period or System. 1
  • adjective triassic of, denoting, or formed in the first period of the Mesozoic era that lasted for 42 million years and during which reptiles flourished 0
  • adjective triassic designating or of the first geologic period of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by the breakup of Pangea, the development of tall forests of cycads and conifers, and the presence of the first dinosaurs, turtles, frogs, and small mammals 0
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Origin of triassic

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45; Trias the three-part series of strata characterizing the period (< German < Greek triás; see triad) + -ic

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Related words

  • jurassic

    noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.

  • labyrinthodont

    any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.

  • protoavis

    a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.

  • thecodont

    any of various reptiles of the extinct order Thecodontia, occurring in the late Permian to late Triassic periods and characterized by teeth set in sockets.

  • therapsid

    any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
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