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a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devonian age (Geol.), the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the Age of fishes. The various strata of this age compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Devonian age or formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Favonius the west wind. ] Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district on the Baltic Sea formerly part of Russia, now part of Latvia and Estonia. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ . See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Panslavic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. pavone, Sp. pavon, fr. L. pavo. ] (Zool.) A peacock. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a peacock. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pavoninus, fr. pavo a peacock. See Peacock. ] 1. (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent. P. Cleaveland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Slavonian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Slavonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language. [ 1913 Webster ]