permian period

1. 1.

   from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles

   SynonymsPermian

   Broaderperiod

   Part ofPaleozoic

Questions about permian period

What does permian period mean?

permian period means "from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles".

What is another word for permian period?

Close synonyms include Permian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is permian period a common word?

permian period is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.