资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Catskill period \Cats"kill pe`ri*od\ (Geol.)
   The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The
   rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill
   mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous
   formation. See the Diagram under {Geology}.