English noun: Devonian period | |||
| 1. | Devonian period (time) from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites | ||
| Synonyms | Age of Fishes, Devonian | ||
| Instance hypernym | geological period, period | ||
| Part meronym | Paleozoic, Paleozoic era | ||