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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Algonkian \Al*gon"ki*an\, a.
     1. Var. of {Algonquian}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era
        recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some


        other authorities, between the Arch[ae]an and the
        Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in
        the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both
        sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life
        certainly existed in this period. -- n. The Algonkian
        period or era, or system or group of systems.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Algonkian
       adj : of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
             language [syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonquin}]
       n 1: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa
            river valley of Ontario and Quebec [syn: {Algonkin}]
       2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian people [syn:
           {Algonkin}]

















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