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English noun: glacial epoch | |||
| 1. | glacial epoch (time) any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface | ||
| Samples | The most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene. | ||
| Synonyms | glacial period, ice age | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geological period, period | ||
| Part meronym | prehistoric culture, prehistory | ||
| 2. | Glacial epoch (time) from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution | ||
| Synonyms | Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch | ||
| Instance hypernym | epoch | ||
| Part meronym | Age of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary period | ||
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