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Ordovician

ordovician

(Science: geology) Of or pertaining to a division of the silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian.

The Ordovician formation.

Origin: From L. Ordovices, a Celtic people in Wales.


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