neptunian races

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neptunian races - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Neptunian \Nep*tu"ni*an\, prop. a. [L. Neptunius belonging to
     Neptune: cf. F. neptunien.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.
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     2. (Geol.) Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian
        rocks.
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     Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races.
        
  
     Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which
        referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the
        agency of water; -- opposed to the Plutonic theory.
        [1913 Webster] Neptunian