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Devonian

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Devonian /dɛˈvəʊnɪən, dɪ-/

▶adjective

1 relating to the English county of Devon.

2 Geology relating to or denoting the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era (between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, about 409 to 363 million years ago), a time when the first amphibians appeared.

▶noun a native or inhabitant of Devon.

'Devonian' also found in these Oxford entries:

Carboniferous - ostracoderm - placoderm - Silurian

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