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English → English (gcide) Definition: Acadian epoch Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. “Acadian farmers.” --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie. [1913 Webster] 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] ||