CAMBRIAN


Meaning of CAMBRIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkam-brē-ən, ˈkām- ]

adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin Cambria Wales, from Middle Welsh Cymry Wales, Welshmen

Date: 1604

1. : welsh

2. : of, relating to, or being the earliest geologic period of the Paleozoic era or the corresponding system of rocks marked by fossils of every major animal type except the vertebrates — see geologic time table

• Cambrian noun

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