ˌēdēˈak(ə)rən, -əˈkarən adjective
also edi·a·cara -rə
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Ediacara Hills of South Australia, where Precambrian fossils were discovered in 1946 + -an (II)
: being or belonging to an assemblage of extinct multicellular soft-bodied marine organisms of the late Precambrian era
ediacaran fauna
• ediacaran noun usually capitalized