Pronunciation: ˌ ē -d ē - ' a-k( ə -)r ə n, - ə - ' ka-r ə n
Variant: also Edi · a · cara \ -k( ə -)r ə , -r ə \
Function: adjective
Etymology: Ediacara Hills, South Australia
Date: 1966
: being or belonging to an assemblage of extinct multicellular marine organisms of the late Precambrian era < Ediacaran fauna>
– Ediacaran noun