glacial-epoch

Nouns

  • (n) any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
    • the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene
    glacial period, ice age,
  • (n) from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch,

Synonyms

glacial period ice age Pleistocene Pleistocene epoch

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