Devonian Definition

dĭ-vōnē-ən
adjective
Of Devon, England.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the fourth geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, characterized by the development of the first ferns, mosses, gymnosperms, sharks, bony fishes, amphibians, and wingless insects: so called because rocks of the Devonian Period were first studied in Devon, England.
Webster's New World

(chiefly dated) Of or pertaining to the English region of Devon.

Wiktionary
noun

(chiefly dated) A native or inhabitant of the English region of Devon.

Wiktionary
The Devonian Period.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Age of Fishes
  • Devonian period
pronoun
(geology) The Devonian period.
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Noun

Singular:
Devonian
Plural:
devonians

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Devonian

  • the Devonian

Origin of Devonian

  • After Devon , a county of southwest England

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Devonian Sentence Examples

  • The Devonian system includes a complex series of deposits, which are of most interest in eastern Australia.

  • The Upper Devonian was a period of marine retreat; the crustal disturbances of the Lower Devonian were renewed and great quartz-pebble beaches were formed on the rising shore lines, producing the West Coast Range conglomerates of Tasmania, and the similar rocks to the south-east of Mansfield in Victoria.

  • The coal-seams must have been formed in wellwatered, lowland forests, at the foot of a high mountain range, built up by the Devonian earth movements.

  • The oldest rocks of Elba consist of schist and serpentine which in the eastern part of the island are overlaid by beds containing Silurian and Devonian fossils.

  • The Devonian dolomites, limestones and red sandstones cover immense tracts and appear on the surface over a much wider area.

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