carboniferous
Speech parts
1. carboniferous - Noun
2. carboniferous - Adjective
3. Carboniferous - Proper noun
Meaning
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
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Examples
carboniferous rock system
A band of Carboniferous age rocks underlies part of the northern plain but is nowhere seen at the surface however similar age rocks do outcrop in the south between Castletown, Silverdale and Port St Mary.
Aviculopecten subcardiformis; a bivalve from the Logan Formation (Lower Carboniferous) of Wooster, Ohio (external mold).
Historical causes further Prehistory The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse was an event that occurred 300 million years ago.
Classification main Cirrothauma murrayi Amphitretus pelagicus Cephalopods have existed for around 500 million years, although octopus ancestors were in the Carboniferous seas around 300 million years ago.
CO 2 models suggest that values were low in the late Cenozoic and Carboniferous Permian glaciations.