Jurassic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Jurassic /dʒʊˈrasɪk/
▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era (between the Triassic and Cretaceous periods, about 208 to 146 million years ago), a time when large reptiles were dominant and the first birds appeared.
– origin C19: from Fr. jurassique; named after the Jura Mountains on the border of France and Switzerland.
'Jurassic' also found in these Oxford entries:
allosaurus
- ammonite
- apatosaurus
- archaeopteryx
- belemnite
- brachiosaurus
- Corallian
- cornbrash
- Cretaceous
- diplodocus
- lias
- megalosaurus
- Mesozoic
- pertain
- pterodactyl
- pterosaur
- seismosaurus
- Triassic
