Cambrian explosion

Etymology


Of unclear origin, inspired by 's description of "explosive" evolution. The earliest known use is in a BSCS high school biology textbook written in 1961 under the direction of paleobotanist Wilson Steward.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The relatively rapid appearance, during the Cambrian Period around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record.

Translations

 * Arabic: انفجار كامبري
 * Azerbaijani: kembri partlayışı
 * Basque: Kanbriarreko leherketa
 * Catalan: explosió cambriana
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: Cambria po̍k-hoat
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Kambrická exploze
 * Danish: Kambriske Eksplosion
 * Dutch: Cambrische explosie
 * Esperanto: kambria eksplodo
 * Finnish: kambrikauden räjähdys
 * French:
 * Galician: explosión cámbrica
 * German: kambrische Explosion, kambrische Artenexplosion, kambrische Radiation
 * Hebrew: הפיצוץ הקמבריוני
 * Hindi: कैम्ब्रियाई विस्तार
 * Hungarian: kambriumi robbanás
 * Indonesian: letusan Kambrium, radiasi Kambrium
 * Italian: esplosione cambriana
 * Japanese: カンブリア爆発
 * Korean: 캄브리아기 폭발
 * Lithuanian: Kambro sprogimas
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: den kambriske eksplosjon
 * Nynorsk: den kambriske eksplosjonen
 * Persian: انفجار کامبرین
 * Polish: eksplozja kambryjska
 * Portuguese: explosão cambriana, explosão do Cambriano
 * Romanian: explozia cambriană
 * Russian: кембрийский взрыв, взрыв скелетной фауны
 * Serbo-Croatian: Kambrijska eksplozija, Камбријумска експлозија
 * Slovak: kambrická explózia
 * Spanish: explosión cámbrica, radiación evolutiva del Cámbrico
 * Swedish: kambriska explosionen
 * Turkish: Kambriyen patlaması
 * Ukrainian: кембрійський вибух
 * Vietnamese: bùng nổ kỷ Cambri

Noun

 * 1)  The rapid appearance of anything.