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Purbeckian

Purbeckian adjective: of or relating to the Purbeck Group, an Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous lithostratigraphic group in southeast England.

Adjective

Purbeckian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Purbeck Group, an Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous lithostratigraphic group in southeast England.

Origin of Purbeckian

From Purbeck + -ian.

Questions about Purbeckian

What does Purbeckian mean?
Purbeckian means of or relating to the Purbeck Group, an Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous lithostratigraphic group in southeast England.
What part of speech is Purbeckian?
Purbeckian is an adjective.

Words near Purbeckian in the dictionary

  1. Purba Bardhaman
  2. Purba Medinipur
  3. purbas
  4. Purbeck
  5. Purbeck stone
  6. Purbeckian
  7. Purbiya
  8. Purbiyas
  9. purblind
  10. purblinded
  11. purblinding

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