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Lower Carboniferous period
(gcide) | Mississippian \Mississippian\ prop. n.
1. A geological period extending from from 310 million to 345
million years ago; it was associated with an increase of
land areas, the presence of primitive ammonites, and
emergence of winged insects; called also {Missippian
period} and Lower Carboniferous period.
Syn: Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower
Carboniferous period.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A resident of Mississippi.
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carboniferous period
(wn) | Carboniferous period
n 1: from 345 million to 280 million years ago [syn:
Carboniferous, Carboniferous period] |
lower carboniferous period
(wn) | Lower Carboniferous period
n 1: from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land
areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects [syn:
Mississippian, Missippian period, {Lower
Carboniferous}, Lower Carboniferous period] |
upper carboniferous period
(wn) | Upper Carboniferous period
n 1: from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate;
swampy land [syn: Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period,
Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period] |
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