Category:Oriskany

O*ris"ka*ny, a. Etym: [from oriskany, in new york.] (geol.)

Defn: designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, Characteristic of the latest period of the silurian age. Oriskany Period, a subdivision of the american paleozoic system intermediate Or translational in character between the silurian and devonian ages. See chart of geology.