jurassic

/JH UH0 R AE1 S IH0 K/
adjective
  1. 1

    (geology) Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.

  2. 2

    (by extension, proscribed) Of or pertaining to the Mesozoic era as a whole.

  3. 3

    (informal) Very old-fashioned and outdated.

  4. 4

    Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.

noun
  1. 1

    (geology, paleontology) The period from 201.3ยฑ0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.