Usually means: Geological period; early complex life.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cambrian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Cambrian, the Cambrian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Cambrian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Cambrian, the Cambrian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cambrian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cambrian, cambrian: Wordnik
  7. Cambrian, cambrian, the Cambrian, the cambrian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cambrian: Wiktionary
  9. Cambrian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Cambrian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Cambrian: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cambrian: Dictionary.com
  13. Cambrian: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Cambrian, The Cambrian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Cambrian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cambrian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Cambrian: Rhymezone
  18. Cambrian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cambrian: FreeDictionary.org
  20. cambrian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Cambrian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Cambrian: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. Cambrian: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cambrian (Geology), Cambrian: Encyclopedia

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  3. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  4. Cambrian: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cambrian)

▸ adjective:  (geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and Furongian epochs from about 542 to 490 million years ago.
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to Wales.
▸ noun:  Synonym of Walian: a Welsh person, a Welshman or Welshwoman.
▸ noun:  (geology) The Cambrian period.

Similar:
cambrian period, Paleozoic, Devonian, Palaeozoic, Ordovician, Carboniferous, Palæozoic, Paleogene, Precambrian, Mesoproterozoic, more...

Opposite:
precambrian, postcambrian

Phrases:
Middle Cambrian, cambrian period, Cambrian explosion, cambrian system, Cambrian Mountains, more...

Adjectives:
pre, late, early, lower, upper, middle, precambrian, post, fossiliferous, mid, basal

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Similar:
cambrian period, Paleozoic, Devonian, Palaeozoic, Ordovician, Carboniferous, Palæozoic, Paleogene, Precambrian, Mesoproterozoic, more...

Opposite:
precambrian, postcambrian

Phrases:
Middle Cambrian, cambrian period, Cambrian explosion, cambrian system, Cambrian Mountains, pre cambrian, the cambrian, Cambrian Park, Cambrian College, Cambrian Line, Cambrian Railways, Cambrian Stage 3, more...

Adjectives:
pre, late, early, lower, upper, middle, precambrian, post, fossiliferous, mid, basal

Colors:
    teal,     slate blue,     olive green,     rust,     mustard yellow, more...



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