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Triceratops is very common: they are the cows of the Cretaceous; they are everywhere.
Jack Horner

Meaning of "the Cretaceous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE CRETACEOUS

the Cretaceous play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE CRETACEOUS

the country
the courage of one´s convictions
the course of nature
the Crab
the cratur
the craythur
the Creation
the Creator
the creeps
the crescent
the Cross
the crowd
the Crown
the Crucible
the Crucifixion
the crud
the crunch
the Cryptozoic
the cultural cringe
the Cup Final

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE CRETACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of the Cretaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Cretaceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE CRETACEOUS

Find out the translation of the Cretaceous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Cretaceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Cretaceous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白垩纪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el Cretácico
570 millions of speakers

English

the Cretaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रिटेशस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العصر الطباشيري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меловые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cretáceo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রিটেসিয়াস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Crétacé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cretaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Kreidezeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白亜紀
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백악기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cretaceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Phấn trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிரெடரியஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रेतेसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kretaseous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cretaceo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kredy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крейдяні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cretacicului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι Κρητιδική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Kryt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krita
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kritt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Cretaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE CRETACEOUS»

The term «the Cretaceous» is regularly used and occupies the 90.125 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE CRETACEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Cretaceous

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QUOTES WITH «THE CRETACEOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the Cretaceous.
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Jack Horner
Triceratops is very common: they are the cows of the Cretaceous; they are everywhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE CRETACEOUS»

Discover the use of the Cretaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Cretaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cretaceous World
A colourful Earth System Science textbook on the Cretaceous world, with numerous learning features and website.
P. W. Skelton, 2003
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What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects, Disease, and Death in ...
Yet as What Bugged the Dinosaurs? reveals, T. rex was not the only killer.
George Poinar Jr., Roberta Poinar, 2010
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Cretaceous Dawn
A long-extinct beetle appears in a physics lab.
Michael S. A. Graziano, L. M. Graziano, 2010
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Non-dinosaurian Lower Vertebrates Across the ...
00 This study presents current data on vertebrate survival and extinction across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Montana.
Laurie J. Bryant, 1989
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Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Craters, Controversy, ...
The Alvarezes had their proof. A dramatic scientific detective story, Night Comes to the Cretaceous is a brilliant example of science at work-in the trenches, complete with passionate struggles and occasional victories.
James Lawrence Powell, 1999
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Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems
The first complete dinosaur skeleton, that of an Iguanodon, was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart in 1878. This book examines the Bernissart locality, the methodology of the excavation, and the genus Iguanodon.
Pascal Godefroit, 2012
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Calcium Carbonate: From the Cretaceous Period Into the 21st ...
I. G OLOGY OF CALCIUM CARBO ATE 1 by Jacques Geyssant 1. Features and characteristics of calcium carbonate 2 1. 1 Calcium carbonate - a special compound 2 1. 2 The crystal forms of calcium carbonate - mineralogy 9 2.
F. Wolfgang Tegethoff, J. Rohleder, E. Kroker, 2001
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Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States
EXTINCTREPTILES OF THE CRETACEOUS FORMATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. ' ' INTRODUCTION. THE present memoir consists of descriptions of remains of Reptiles discovered in the Cretaceous Formations of the United States .
Joseph Leidy, 1864
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The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in ...
"This volume atempts to explore and clarify the relationship among the geological records, the extinctions, and the causes of catastrophes for life in Earth's history.
Graham Ryder, David E. Fastovsky, Stefan Gartner, 1996
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History of the Australian Vegetation: Cretaceous to Recent
Discusses fossil evidence for the origin of Australian vegetation.
Robert S. Hill, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE CRETACEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Cretaceous is used in the context of the following news items.
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75 million-year-old blood cells found in dino bones
Eight 75 million-year-old bones dating back to the Cretaceous in poor condition have been found to contain what looks to be soft tissue remnants, says a new ... «CNET, Jun 15»
2
Extreme Global Warming of the Cretaceous Marked by Surprising …
The Cretaceous period occurred about 145 to 66 million years ago and was one of the warmest periods in the history of Earth. At the time, the poles were devoid ... «Science World Report, May 15»
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Did the Cretaceous asteroid wipe out mollusks, too?
Ammonites and other planktonic calcifiers that were common in ancient oceans and are common as fossils today disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous ... «Futurity: Research News, May 15»
4
Dinos Got High, Oldest Grass Fungus Fossil Hints
Fossils suggest the first grasslands appeared some 30 million years after the mass extinction that killed off the dinos at the end of the Cretaceous Period about ... «Live Science, Feb 15»
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Toothless pterosaurs (no, not Night Fury) once ruled Late …
The Cretaceous Period started 145 million years ago, and ended in a global disaster, as an asteroid the size of Mount Everest struck the Earth 65 million years ... «Tech Times, Aug 14»
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Lethal Acid Rain
Eighty percent of the planet's species died off at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65.5 million years ago, including most marine life in the upper ocean, as well ... «LiveScience.com, Mar 14»
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China Fossil Site Was 'Animal Pompeii' of the Cretaceous
A fossil site in China that has given up thousands of stunningly well-preserved specimens to paleontologists since the 1920s was the Pompeii of the early ... «NBCNews.com, Feb 14»
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New Titanosaur Bones Discovered In China Proves That Sauropods …
Sauropods are some of the largest dinosaurs to walk the planet. New research shows that they likely lived through the Cretaceous period. (Photo: Shutterstock). «iScienceTimes.com, Jan 14»
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Dinosaurs Lived in a Low-oxygen World, Study Suggests
... below today's 21 percent and the 30 percent previous studies suggested characterized the Cretaceous Period, which lasted between 65-145 million years ago ... «Nature World News, Nov 13»
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What Really Doomed the Dinosaurs? It's Still a Big Question.
For one thing, geologists have recalibrated the end of the Cretaceous Period (the final stage of the Mesozoic Era) to 66 million years ago. Granted, from the ... «Slate Magazine, Feb 13»

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