Ordovician (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
noun
  1. the Ordovician Period or System.
adjective
  1. of, denoting, or formed in the second period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Cambrian and Silurian periods, which lasted for 45 000 000 years during which marine invertebrates flourished
noun
  1. the Ordovician period or rock system
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