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Definition of Cretaceous

1. Noun. From 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants.

2. Adjective. Abounding in chalk.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era.

Definition of Cretaceous

1. a. Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.

2. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretaceous

crest of head of rib crest of lesser tubercle crest of neck of rib crest of palatine bone crest of petrous part of temporal bone crest of scapular spine CREST syndrome cresyl cresylate cresylic

cresyls cresyl blue cresyl echt cresyl violet acetate creta Cretaceous (current term) Cretaceous period Cretan cretan dittany Crete

crete dittany cretic cretics cretin cretin cretinism cretinism cretinisms cretinistic cretinoid

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