- Nyctule Acadica
- 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] ||
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.