Associations to the word «Ordovician»
Noun
- Triassic
- Shale
- Extinction
- Fossil
- Cretaceous
- Limestone
- Sandstone
- Outcrop
- Coral
- Fauna
- Sediment
- Slate
- Formation
- Genus
- Rock
- Continent
- Period
- Basin
- Continental
- Ma
- Radiation
- Early
- Boundary
- Ocean
- Carbonate
- Wales
- Stratum
- Era
- Sea
- Fish
- Ice
- Epoch
- Event
- Lower
- Sweden
- America
- Vertebrate
- Assemblage
- Conglomerate
- Arthropod
- Clarke
- Greenhouse
- Karst
- Meteor
- Deposit
- Valley
- Massif
- Mollusc
- Middle
- Europe
- Oceanic
- Upper
- Range
- Usa
- Spore
- Granite
- Bassett
- Suture
- Estonia
- Rutherford
- Basement
- Geology
- Geologist
- Whorl
Adjective
Wiktionary
ORDOVICIAN, adjective. (geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
ORDOVICIAN, proper noun. (geology) The Ordovician period.
Dictionary definition
ORDOVICIAN, noun. From 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds.
Wise words
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new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.