cambrian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
    Cambrian period.
  2. noun a native or resident of Wales
    Welsh; Welshman; Cymry.
  3. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
    Welsh.
    • the Welsh coast
    • Welsh syntax

WordNet

Cam"bri*an adjective
Definitions
  1. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
  2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cam"bri*an noun
Definitions
  1. A native of Cambria or Wales.
  2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation.

Webster 1913