noun
1. from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑period, ↑geological period
• Part Holonyms: ↑Carboniferous, ↑Carboniferous period
2. a native or resident of Mississippi
• Hypernyms: ↑American
Useful english dictionary. 2012.