Definitions of Cambrian [ˈkæm bri ən]

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Definition of 'Cambrian'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) Cambrian
noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.

2. Cambrian
of or pertaining to Cambria; Welsh.

3. (n.) Cambrian
the Cambrian Period or System.

4. Cambrian
a native or inhabitant of Wales; Welshman or Welshwoman.

Etymology: (1580–90; < ML Cambri(a) Wales, Latinization of MWelsh Cymry Wales, lit. Welshmen)

Definition of 'Cambrian'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Cambrian, Cambrian period
from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates

2. (adj) Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry
a native or resident of Wales

3. (adj) Welsh, Cambrian
of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
"the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"

Definition of 'Cambrian'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Cambrian
of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales

2. (adj) Cambrian
of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology

3. (noun) Cambrian
a native of Cambria or Wales

4. (noun) Cambrian
the Cambrian formation

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