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Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.

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  1. a. Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
  2. Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. Oriskany period, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology.
  3. Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone,characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. Oriskanyperiod, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediateor translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages.See Chart of Geology.
  4. a. Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.