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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Utica

/yo͞ot'-ək-ə/ · U·ti·ca · IPA /ˈjuːtɪkə/
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by bed…
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    Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.(Geol.)