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carboniferous/kɑ:bəˈnif(ə)rəs/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 producing coal 产炭的;产煤的 2 (作 Carboniferous) Geol. of or relating to the fifth period in the Palaeozoic era, with evidence of the first reptiles and extensive coal-forming swamp forests 【地质】石炭纪的;石炭系的 ●n. (作 Carboniferous) Geol. this period or system 【地质】石炭纪;石炭系 |