RECENT EPOCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Approximately the last 10,000 years

Synonyms:

Holocene; Holocene epoch; Recent; Recent 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 ("Recent epoch" is a part of...):

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

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