Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of or relating to chalk.

    кре́йдовийkréjdovyj

    abounding in chalk

  2. (not comparable)Consisting of chalk.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Elasmosaurs are a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous.

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  2. Stegosaurs dwindled in the Cretaceous and appear to have gone extinct before the end of the period.

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  3. The first dinosaurs were modestly sized, a far cry from the immense dinosaurs of the subsequent Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

    deDie ersten Dinosaurier waren von bescheidender Größe und weit entfernt von den gewaltigen Exemplaren der späteren Jura- und Kreidezeit.

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  4. We are going to be using multi-media in order to put people in the Cretaceous era where Sue lived.

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Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or relating to chalk:

Origin

From Latin cretaceus (“chalky”), from Latin creta.

From Latin cretaceus (“chalky”), from Latin creta.

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