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ordovician


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ordovician  \Or`do*vi"cian\,  a.  [From  L.  Ordovices  a  Celtic 
  people  in  Wales.]  (Geol.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  division  of  the  Silurian  formation, 
  corresponding  in  general  to  the  Lower  Silurian  of  most 
  authors,  exclusive  of  the  Cambrian.  --  n.  The  Ordovician 
  formation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ordovician 
  n  :  from  425  million  to  500  million  years  ago;  conodonts  and 
  ostracods  and  algae  and  seaweeds  [syn:  {Ordovician},  {Ordovician 
  period}] 




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