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Baikalian

Baikalian adjective: of or pertaining to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.

Adjective

Baikalian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.
    • One of the dominant groups of Baikalian microorganisms consists of bacteria which are able to switch into an uncultivable state when adapting to the extreme conditions of the lake (Belkova 2004).2016, Valentina V. Parfenova, Natalia L. Belkova, Olga S. Pestunova, Mariya Yu. Suslova, Olga N. Pavlova, “Microbiological Monitoring of Lake Baikal”, in Lothar Mueller, Askhad K. Sheudshen, Frank...

Proper noun

the Baikalian

  1. An age from 850 to 650 million years ago, a subdivision of the Proterozoic.

Origin of Baikalian

From Baikal + -ian.

Questions about Baikalian

What does Baikalian mean?
Baikalian means of or pertaining to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.
What part of speech is Baikalian?
Baikalian can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Baikalian in the dictionary

  1. Baikal seal
  2. Baikal seals
  3. Baikal teal
  4. Baikal teals
  5. Baikalia
  6. Baikalian
  7. baikiain
  8. Baikonur
  9. baikree
  10. Baiks
  11. bail

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