The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nyctule Acadica
Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. ``Acadian
farmers.''
--Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie.
Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.
Acadian owl (Zo["o]l.), a small North American owl ( Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet. [1913 Webster] ||