Definition of silurian Silurian
Si•lu•ri•an
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What does silurian mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- silurian (a.)
Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country. - silurian (n.)
The Silurian age.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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silurian
si-lū′ri-an, adj. belonging to Siluria, the country of the Silures, the ancient inhabitants of the south-eastern part of South Wales: applied by Murchison in 1835 to a series of rocks well developed in the country of the Silures, a subdivision of the Palæozoic, containing hardly any vertebrates and land plants.—adjs. Silū′ridan, Silū′rine, Silū′roid.—ns. Silū′rist, a Silurian, a name applied to the poet Henry Vaughan (1621-95); Silū′rus, Silūre′, the typical genus of Siluridæ, a family of physostomous fishes—the cat-fishes, &c
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🔤- silurian, noun, singular of silurians.
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