D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Cambrian

/kăm'-brē-ən/ · Cam·bri·an · IPA /ˈkæm.bɹi.ən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.(Geog.)
  2. 2.
    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.(Geol.) See: Geology
02 n. A native of Cambria or Wales.
  1. 1.
    A native of Cambria or Wales.
  2. 2.
    The Cambrian formation.(Geol.)