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car·bon·if·er·ous [ˌkɑ:bəˈnɪfərəs, Am ˌkɑ:r-] ADJ GEOL
carboniferous era [ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfrəsˌɪərə] N
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carboniferous era
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- The rock quarried was carboniferous mountain limestone which was used for construction and railway ballast.en.wikipedia.org
- He was a leading paleobiologist and carried out some work on carboniferous palaeobotany.en.wikipedia.org
- The site consists of a 19.5 ha strip of land surrounding a line of carboniferous limestone cliffs.en.wikipedia.org
- It lies on carboniferous limestone with rock showing through the thin topsoils.en.wikipedia.org
- They are mostly built from the same carboniferous limestone used at the castle.en.wikipedia.org
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