·noun 1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
II. Jura ·noun The Jurassic period. ·see Jurassic.
JURA[HELVETII ; GALLIA,p. 951.] ...
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·noun A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic ...
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