Mesozoic

English

Etymology

meso- +‎ -zoic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɪk

Adjective

Mesozoic (comparative more Mesozoic, superlative most Mesozoic)

1. (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.

Translations

of era from 230 to 65 milion years ago

• Dutch: mesozoïsch
• Finnish: mesotsooinen (fi)
• French: mésozoïque (fr)

• Greek: μεσοζωικός (el) (mesozoikós)
• Swedish: mesozoisk

Proper noun

Mesozoic

1. (geology) The Mesozoic era.

Translations

Mesozoic era

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中生代 (zh) (Zhōngshēngdài)

• Czech: druhohory f pl, mezozoikum n
• Dutch: Mesozoïcum (nl) n
• Estonian: mesosoikum, keskaegkond
• Finnish: mesotsooinen maailmankausi
• French: Mésozoïque (fr) m

• German: Mesozoikum (de) n
• Greek: Μεσοζωικός m (Mesozoikós)
• Japanese: 中生代 (ちゅうせいだい, Chūseidai)
• Russian: мезозо́й (ru) m (mezozój), мезозо́йская э́ра f (mezozójskaja éra)
• Tagalog: panggitnang kapanahunan
• Vietnamese: đại Trung Sinh

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale