Cretaceousadjective
uk/krəˈteɪ.ʃəs/us/krəˈteɪ.ʃəs/specializedfrom or referring to the period of time between around 144 and 65 million years ago, in which plants with flowers first appeared:
the Cretaceous period
Cretaceous rocks
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the Cretaceous
noun [ S ] ukus
the Cretaceous period