permian
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3ADJ.
triassic
PERMIAN + NOUN
event, extinction, mass
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in
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noun
An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.
The language of such people; Permic.
adj
Pertaining to the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants.
Pertaining to their language; Permic.
Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago.
‘In many ways modern art was a culture of the beach. They say it's the light, the special quality of quartz in the Permian rock.’
name
The Permian period.
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3‘In many ways modern art was a culture of the beach. They say it's the light, the special quality of quartz in the Permian rock.’
WiktionaryThe Permian–Triassic extinction event occurred about 250M years ago.
Tatoeba · #6109170The Permian mass extinction is the largest biosphere catastrophe in Earth's history.
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