Animikean
adjective
Anim·i·ke·an
ə¦nimə¦kēən
variants or Animiki
əˈnimə(ˌ)kē
: of or relating to the series of Proterozoic rocks that underlies the Keweenawan
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from a Northwestern Ojibwe cognate of Minnesota Ojibwe animiiki "thunderbird, thunderer" (alluding to Thunder Bay on Lake Superior, Ontario)
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above