ORDOVICIAN


Meaning of ORDOVICIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌȯr-də-ˈvi-shən ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin Ordovices, ancient people in northern Wales

Date: 1879

: of, relating to, or being the period between the Cambrian and the Silurian or the corresponding system of rocks — see geologic time table

• Ordovician noun

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