Usually means: Geological period before Triassic, ancient.
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  1. Permian, Permian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Permian, the Permian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Permian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Permian, the Permian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Permian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Permian: Wordnik
  7. Permian: Wiktionary
  8. Permian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Permian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Permian: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Permian: Dictionary.com
  12. Permian: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Permian (disambiguation), Permian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Permian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. permian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Permian: Rhymezone
  17. Permian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. permian: FreeDictionary.org
  19. permian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Permian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Permian: Encyclopedia

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Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Permian: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms

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  1. Permian: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Permian)

noun:  An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.
noun:  The language of such people; Permic.
adjective:  Pertaining to the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants.
adjective:  Pertaining to their language; Permic.
adjective:  (geology) Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago.
noun:  (geology) The Permian period.

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