Ediacaran adj. having characteristics of, belonging to, or designating the Precambrian geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era, 600 to 542 million years ago. Also Ediacarian, Vendian, Neoproterozoic III. Etymological Note: < Ediacara Hills of South Australia (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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