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Noun: Cambrian period
  1. The period from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; characterized by marine invertebrates
    - Cambrian

Type of: geological period, period

Part of: Palaeozoic [Brit, Cdn], Paleozoic, Paleozoic era

Encyclopedia: Cambrian period