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Carboniferous period

noun

from 345 million to 280 million years ago

• Syn: ↑Carboniferous

• Derivationally related forms: ↑carboniferous (for: ↑Carboniferous)

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑period, ↑geological period

• Part Holonyms: ↑Paleozoic, ↑Paleozoic era

• Part Meronyms:

↑Pennsylvanian, ↑Pennsylvanian period, ↑Upper Carboniferous, ↑Upper Carboniferous period, ↑Mississippian, ↑Missippian period, ↑Lower Carboniferous, ↑Lower Carboniferous period

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