Oriskany

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:37:37

O*ris"ka*ny (?), a. [From Oriskany, in New York.] Geol.

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.

 

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