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cretaceous
adjective
- Now Rare containing, composed of, or having the nature of, chalk
- designating or of the third and last geologic period of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by the formation of huge oil and chalk deposits, the development of the first flowering plants and placental mammals, and the extinction of toothed birds, ammonites, and dinosaurs
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