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Algonkian   Listen
adjective
Algonkian  adj.  
1.
Var. of Algonquian.
2.
(Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archaean and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period.






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"Algonkian" Quotes from Famous Books



... Algonkin, meaning an Indian, is also spelled Algonquin. But the adjective from this noun is spelled Algonquian when applied to Indians, and Algonkian when applied to a time or ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin



Words linked to "Algonkian" :   Algonquian language, Algonkin, Algonquin, Algonquian



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