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Silurian Definition


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Silurian
adj
    1. geol.
      Denoting the period of geological time between the Ordovician and Devonian periods, during which marine life predominated and the first jawed fish and primitive land plants appeared.
Etymology: 18c: from Latin Silures an ancient people of S Wales.



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