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SILURIAN

\sɪlˈʊ͡əɹi͡ən], \sɪlˈʊ‍əɹi‍ən], \s_ɪ_l_ˈʊə_ɹ_iə_n]\

Definitions of SILURIAN

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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from 405 million to 425 million years ago; first air-breathing animals

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The Silurian age.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The age.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Belonging to Siluria, the country of the Silures, the ancient inhabitants of part of Wales and England: applied to the strata below the old red sandstone, which are found best developed in that district.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

In geol., the name given to the vast suite of fossiliferous strata lying between the partially-fossiliferous Cambrian schists beneath, and the Old Red Sandstone above.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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