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Ordovian

Ordovian is the alternative form of Ordovician.

Meaning of Ordovician

Adjective

Ordovician (comparative more Ordovician, superlative most Ordovician)

  1. Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
    • Against the dark Ordovician gabbro, the black volcanic base, Rhynie is a streak of technicolour.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 205

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Forms of Ordovian

comparativemore Ordovian
superlativemost Ordovian

Questions about Ordovian

What is Ordovian the alternative form of?
Ordovian is the alternative form of Ordovician.

Words near Ordovian in the dictionary

  1. ordonnance
  2. ordonnant
  3. Ordorica
  4. Ordoricas
  5. ordos
  6. Ordovian
  7. Ordovices
  8. Ordovician
  9. Ordoyne
  10. Ordoynes
  11. ordoñezite

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