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Whitwellian

Whitwellian proper noun: an age from 426.2 ± 2 to 4,425.4 million years ago, a subdivision of the Silurian.

Proper noun

Whitwellian

  1. An age from 426.2 ± 2 to 4,425.4 million years ago, a subdivision of the Silurian.

Questions about Whitwellian

What does Whitwellian mean?
Whitwellian means an age from 426.2 ± 2 to 4,425.4 million years ago, a subdivision of the Silurian.
What part of speech is Whitwellian?
Whitwellian is a proper noun.

Words near Whitwellian in the dictionary

  1. whitwall
  2. whitwalls
  3. Whitweek
  4. Whitweeks
  5. Whitwell
  6. Whitwellian
  7. Whitwells
  8. Whitwick
  9. Whitwood
  10. Whitworth
  11. Whitworth gun

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