DEVONIAN


Meaning of DEVONIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈvō-nē-ən ]

adjective

Etymology: Devon, England

Date: 1612

1. : of or relating to Devonshire, England

2. : of, relating to, or being the period of the Paleozoic era between the Silurian and the Mississippian or the corresponding system of rocks — see geologic time table

• Devonian noun

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