[ dɛ'vəʊnɪən , dɪ- ]
■ adjective
1》 relating to the English county of Devon.
2》 Geology relating to or denoting the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era (between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, about 409 to 363 million years ago), a time when the first amphibians appeared.
■ noun a native or inhabitant of Devon.