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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Acadian

· A·ca·di·an · IPA /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia.
Phrases & compounds
Acadian epoch — an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.
Acadian owl — a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.