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 Definitions of Mississippian  [ˌmɪs əˈsɪp i ən]  

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Definition of 'Mississippian' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) Mississippian
of or pertaining to the state of Mississippi or the Mississippi River.

2.  Mississippian
noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from about 345 million to 310 million years ago and characterized as the age of amphibians: sometimes considered an epoch of the Carboniferous Period.

3. (n.) Mississippian
a native or inhabitant of Mississippi.

4.  Mississippian
the Mississippian Period or System.

Etymology:  (1765–75, Amer.)

Definition of 'Mississippian' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Mississippian, Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period
from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects

2. (noun) Mississippian
a native or resident of Mississippi



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