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Menevian, a. and n. Geol.|məˈniːvɪən|
Also Min-, Mæn-.
[f. Menevia, med.L. name of St. David's + -an.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to a very ancient group of rocks found near St. David's in South Wales, and also near Dolgelly and Maentwrog in North Wales, containing a large number of different species of fossils.
b. n. The Menevian formation.
1865Salter & Hicks in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (Hardwicke) 147 The authors propose the term ‘Minevian’ for the lowest division of the ‘Lingula flag’. 1865Hicks in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXI. 477 note, The new term ‘Mænevian Group’. 1867Salter & Hicks Ibid. XXIII. 339 The Menevian group. 1882A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 654 The Menevian beds. 1894Geol. Mag. Oct. 442 At this time the upper portion only of the Menevian (then called Lower Lingula Flags) had yielded any fossils. |