devonian period

1. 1.

   from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites

   SynonymsDevonianAge of Fishes

   Broaderperiod

   Part ofPaleozoic

Questions about devonian period

What does devonian period mean?

devonian period means "from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites".

What is another word for devonian period?

Close synonyms include Devonian, Age of Fishes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is devonian period a common word?

devonian period is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.