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Maastrichtian
Maastrichtian
English
Adjective
Maastrichtian (comparative more Maastrichtian, superlative most Maastrichtian)
- Of or pertaining to Maastricht.
- Of or pertainig to the Maastrichtian geological period.
- in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age or upper stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series, the Cretaceous period or system, and of the Mesozoic era or erathem
Noun
Maastrichtian (plural Maastrichtians)
- (countable) Someone from Maastricht
Proper noun
Maastrichtian
- The dialect of the Limburgish language as spoken in Maastricht
- (geology) the last stage of the Cretaceous period, preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian period.