PLEISTOCENE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution

Synonyms:

Glacial epoch; Pleistocene; Pleistocene epoch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)

Holonyms ("Pleistocene" is a part of...):

Age of Man; Quaternary; Quaternary period (last 2 million years)

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