Dictionary entry

Jurassic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ju‐ras″sic (?), a.(Geol.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oölite, and Wealden; — named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. — n. The Jurassic period or formation; — called also the Jura.