English Dictionary: acadian | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. [bd]Acadian farmers.[b8] --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie. {Acadian epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See {Geology}. {Acadian owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small North American owl ({Nyctule Acadica}); the saw-whet. |