Cambrian
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Cambrian /ˈkambrɪən/
▶adjective
- 1 (chiefly in names or geographical terms) Welsh.
- 2 Geology relating to or denoting the first period in the Palaeozoic era (between the Precambrian aeon and the Ordovician period, about 570 to 510 million years ago), a time when there was extensive invertebrate life.
– origin C17: from L. Cambria ‘Wales’, var. of Cumbria, from Welsh Cymry ‘Welshman’ or Cymru ‘Wales’.
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