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devonian

De·vo·ni·an
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [duh-voh-nee-uh n]
    • /dəˈvoʊ ni ən/
    • /deˈvəʊnjən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [duh-voh-nee-uh n]
    • /dəˈvoʊ ni ən/

Definitions of devonian word

  • adjective devonian of, denoting, or formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, lasting 60-70 million years during which amphibians first appeared 3
  • adjective devonian of or relating to Devon 3
  • adjective devonian of Devon, England 3
  • adjective devonian designating or of the fourth geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, characterized by the development of the first ferns, mosses, gymnosperms, sharks, bony fishes, amphibians, and wingless insects: so called because rocks of the Devonian Period were first studied in Devon, England 3
  • adjective devonian Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, 405 to 345 million years ago, characterized by the dominance of fishes and the advent of amphibians and ammonites. 1
  • adjective devonian of or relating to Devonshire, England. 1
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Origin of devonian

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Medieval Latin Devoni(a) Devon + -an

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Parts of speech for Devonian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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  • ammonoid

    any of the extinct group of sea-dwelling cephalopod molluscs with coiled and chambered shells

  • anaspid

    any member of an extinct order, Anaspida, of small, freshwater jawless fishes of the Silurian and Devonian periods, characterized by a single nostril, narrow rows of scales, and, usually, an armor-plated head.

  • arthrodire

    any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of bony plates.

  • favosite

    any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.

  • heterostracan

    any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.

  • labyrinthodont

    any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
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