Found 2 items, similar to Permian.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Permian Permian n : from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles [syn: Permian period ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Permian Permian \Per"mi*an\, 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] Permians \Per"mi*ans\, n. pl.; sing. Permian. (Ethnol.) A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia. [1913 Webster]