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What does Cambrian explosion mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (biology) The relatively rapid appearance, during the Cambrian Period around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record.
Noun
  1. (by extension) The rapid appearance of anything.
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