CAMBRIAN PERIOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

From 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates

Synonyms:

Cambrian; Cambrian period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)

Holonyms ("Cambrian period" is a part of...):

Paleozoic; Paleozoic era (from 544 million to about 230 million years ago)

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