Usually means: Sudden diversification of early life.
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  1. Cambrian explosion: Merriam-Webster
  2. Cambrian Explosion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Cambrian explosion: Wiktionary
  4. Cambrian Explosion: Dictionary.com
  5. Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian explosion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Cambrian Explosion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. Cambrian explosion: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Cambrian explosion: The Skeptic's Dictionary

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  1. cambrian explosion: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cambrian explosion)

noun:  (evolutionary biology) The relatively rapid appearance, during the Cambrian Period around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record.
noun:  (by extension) The rapid appearance of anything.

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