Ediacaran

adjective

Edi·a·car·an | \ ˌē-dē-ˈa-k(ə-)rən

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, -ə-ˈker-ən, -ˈka-rən\

variants: or less commonly Ediacara \ ˌē-dē-ˈa-k(ə-)rə

How to pronounce Ediacara (audio)

, -ə-ˈker-ə , -ˈka-rə \

Definition of Ediacaran

: being or belonging to an assemblage of extinct multicellular marine organisms of the Late Precambrian era Ediacaran fauna

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