Cretaceous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cretaceous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cretaceous adj abounding in chalk of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era n from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants Synonym(s): Cretaceous, Cretaceous period
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cretaceous \Creta"ceous\, a. Also Cretacic \Cretac"ic\ (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cretaceous \Creta"ceous\ (kr[esl]t[amac]"sh[ucr]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See {Crayon}.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See {Chalk}. {Cretaceous acid}, an old name for carbonic acid. {Cretaceous formation} (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the {chalk formation}. See the Diagram under {Geology}. {Cretaceous period} (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.