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Pre-Cambrian

Pre-Cambrian is the alternative spelling of Precambrian.

Meaning of Precambrian

Adjective

Precambrian (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Relating to the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic
    • When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 209

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Questions about Pre-Cambrian

What is Pre-Cambrian the alternative spelling of?
Pre-Cambrian is the alternative spelling of Precambrian.

Words near Pre-Cambrian in the dictionary

  1. pre-bonsai
  2. pre-bonsais
  3. pre-booked
  4. pre-Brexit
  5. pre-build
  6. Pre-Cambrian
  7. pre-campaign
  8. Pre-Cana
  9. Pre-Canas
  10. pre-cancel
  11. pre-cancerous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pre-Cambrian (page history and authors); Precambrian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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