Usually means: Geological period following the Ordovician.
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  1. Silurian, Silurian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Silurian, the Silurian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Silurian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Silurian, the Silurian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Silurian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Silurian, silurian: Wordnik
  7. Silurian: Wiktionary
  8. Silurian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Silurian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Silurian: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Silurian: Dictionary.com
  12. Silurian: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Silurian (Doctor Who), Silurian (disambiguation), Silurian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Silurian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. silurian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Silurian: Rhymezone
  17. Silurian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. silurian: FreeDictionary.org
  19. silurian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Silurian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Silurian: Encyclopedia

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Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Silurian: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Silurian)

adjective:  (geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the Llandovery, Wenlock, Ludlow and Pridoli epochs from about 439 to 409 million years ago.
adjective:  (archaeology) Of or related to the Silures, a pre-Roman British tribe.
noun:  A member of the Silures, an ancient tribe of Britannia.
noun:  (geology) The Silurian period.

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