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Jura : \Ju"ra\, n. [F. & L.]
1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
2. (Geol.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Jurassic \Ju*ras"sic\, a. (Geol.)
Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in
England and Europe, the Lias, O["o]lite, and Wealden; --
named from certain rocks of theJura : mountains. -- n. The
Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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