Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Permian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Permian \Per"mi*an\, a. [From the ancient kingdom of Permia,
where the Permian formation exists.] (Geol.)
Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the
formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as
closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era. -- n. The
Permian period. See Chart of {Geology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Permians \Per"mi*ans\, n. pl.; sing. {Permian}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a
portion of Russia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Permian
n : from 230 million to 280 million years ago; reptiles [syn: {Permian},
{Permian period}]
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