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Noun: Cambrian  kam-bree-un
  1. The period from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; characterized by marine invertebrates
    - Cambrian period
     
  2. A native or resident of Wales
    - Welsh, Cymry, Taffy [UK, informal]
Adjective: Cambrian  kam-bree-un
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
    "the Cambrian coast";
    - Welsh, Cymric

Derived forms: Cambrians

Type of: European, geological period, period

Part of: Cambria [archaic], Cymru, Palaeozoic [Brit, Cdn], Paleozoic, Paleozoic era, Wales

Encyclopedia: Cambrian, San Jose