Category:Permian

Per"mi*an, a. Etym: [from the ancient kingdom of permia, where the Permian formation exists.] (geol.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: the permian period. See chart of geology.