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Devensian (iou)



Devensian adjective & noun. M20.
[from Latin Devenses dwellers near the River Dee (Deva), on the border between England and Wales, + -IAN.]
Geology. (Designating or pertaining to) the most recent Pleistocene glaciation in Britain, identified with the Weichselian of northern Europe (and perhaps the Wurm of the Alps).