Acadian

Acadian ({not transcribed}) , adjective

Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia.

A native of Acadie.

Acadian farmers. — Longfellow

Collocations (2)

Acadian epoch (Geology) , an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.

Acadian owl (Zoology) , a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.