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silurian

Si·lu·ri·an
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [si-loo r-ee-uh n, sahy-]
    • /sɪˈlʊər i ən, saɪ-/
    • /saɪˈljʊərɪən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [si-loo r-ee-uh n, sahy-]
    • /sɪˈlʊər i ən, saɪ-/

Definitions of silurian word

  • adjective silurian of or relating to the Silures or their country. 1
  • adjective silurian Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 425 to 405 million years ago, notable for the advent of air-breathing animals and terrestrial plants. 1
  • noun silurian Geology. the Silurian Period or System of rocks. 1
  • adjective silurian of, denoting, or formed in the third period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Ordovician and Devonian periods, which lasted for 25 million years, during which fishes first appeared 0
  • adjective silurian of or relating to the Silures 0
  • adjective silurian of the Silures 0
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Origin of silurian

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; Silur(es) + -ian

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Parts of speech for Silurian

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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silurian popularity

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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Related words

  • 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.

  • chain coral

    coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.

  • 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.

  • graptolite

    any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.

  • 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.

  • nautiloid

    a mollusk of the subclass Nautiloidea, including nautiluses and many fossil species that were abundant in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
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