Ordovician

ordovician English Etymology en :af Ordovices<id:tribe of Britannia> -ian<id:related to> geologic period 1 From en Ordovices -ian. en Q932471 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices. Adjective en geology Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago. en 2022 Thomas Halliday (writer) Thomas Halliday Otherlands 205 Penguin 2023 Against the dark Ordovician gabbro, the black volcanic base, Rhynie is a streak of technicolour. Proper noun en geology The Ordovician period. Translations Ordovician period Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧陶紀 Czech: cs ordovik m Dutch: nl ordovicium n Estonian: et ordoviitsium Finnish: fi ordoviikkikausi German: de Ordovizium n Greek: el Ορδοβίκια f Hungarian: hu ordovícium Japanese: ja オルドビス紀 オルドビスき, Ordobisu-ki Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Ордовикийн галав Mongolian script: mn ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠸᠢᠺ ᠦᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ Norwegian: no ordovicium m Portuguese: pt Ordoviciano m, pt Ordovícico m Russian: ru ордови́кский пери́од m, ru ордови́к m Spanish: es Ordovícico Swedish: sv ordovicium c Vietnamese: vi kỉ Oóc-đô-vít See also Appendix:Geologic timescale