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Mississippian

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Mississippian

1
n
a native or resident of Mississippi
2
n
from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Mississippian
1

n a native or resident of Mississippi

Type of:
American
a native or inhabitant of the United States
2

n from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects

Synonyms:
Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period, Missippian period
Example of:
geological period, period
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
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