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Noun: Silurian period
  1. A geological period from approximately 443 million to 419 million years ago, characterized by the first air-breathing animals
    - Silurian

Type of: geological period, period

Part of: Palaeozoic [Brit, Cdn], Paleozoic, Paleozoic era

Encyclopedia: Silurian period