The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie. [1913 Webster] Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. Acadian owl (Zool.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet. [1913 Webster]