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Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
  2. a. 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.
  3. n. A native of Cambria or Wales.
  4. n. The Cambrian formation.
  5. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
  6. n. a native or resident of Wales
  7. 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. 1. A native of Cambria or Wales. 2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation.
  8. j:100 n. from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates