Ordovician

English

Adjective

Ordovician (comparative more Ordovician, superlative most Ordovician)

(geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.

Proper noun

Ordovician

(geology) The Ordovician period.

Translations

Ordovician period

Czech: ordovik m
Estonian: ordoviitsium
Finnish: ordoviikkikausi (fi)

Greek: Ορδοβίκια f (Ordovíkia)
Russian: ордови́кский пери́од m (ordovíkskij períod), ордови́к (ru) m (ordovík)
Vietnamese: kỉ Oóc-đô-vít

See also

Appendix:Geologic timescale

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