Permian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Permian \Per"mi*an\, prop. 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}.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Permians \Per"mi*ans\, n. pl.; sing. {Permian}. (Ethnol.)
     A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a
     portion of Russia.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Permian
       n : from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles [syn: {Permian
           period}]