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Definition of Silurians

Silurian
Silurian Si*lu"ri*an, a. [From L. Silures, a people who anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country. Note: The Silurian formation, so named by Murchison, is divided into the Upper Silurian and Lower Silurian. The lower part of the Lower Silurian, with some underlying beds, is now separated under the name Cambrian, first given by Sedwick. Recently the term Ordovician has been proposed for the Lower Silurian, leawing the original word to apply only to the Upper Silurian.
Silurian
Silurian Si*lu"ri*an, n. The Silurian age.

Meaning of Silurians from wikipedia

- Sea Devils, who are cousins to the Silurians, were subsequently introduced in a sequel to Doctor Who and the Silurians titled simply The Sea Devils (1972)...
- The Silurian (/sɪˈljʊəri.ən, saɪ-/ sih-LURE-ee-ən, sy-) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period...
- to Anthropocene studies." The term "Silurian hypothesis" was inspired by the fictional species called the Silurians from the British television series...
- Doctor attempts to warn the Silurians, but they put him in a cage. He is able to reason with the leader of the Silurians, who attempts to convince his...
- the 1923 Doncaster Cup The Silurians Press Club, a society established at 1924 by a group of veteran journalists. Silurian (Doctor Who), a fictional race...
- the earth and disrupting a civilisation of Silurians who dwell beneath the earth. In turn, the Silurians open holes in the ground to experiment on one...
- The Silurians Press Club, also known as The Society of the Silurians, is an American organization composed of veteran journalists based in New York City...
- 2011-01-03 "Society of the Silurians". Retrieved 3 May 2011. Christine Harper Profile New York Press Club Award Society of the Silurians National Headliner Club...
- humanoid Silurians. In the episode, deep underground, humans Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Nasreen Chaudhry (Meera Syal) have a conference with the Silurians' leader...
- sometimes known as the end-Ordovician m**** extinction or the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, is the first of the "big five" major m**** extinction events...