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English noun: glacial period

1. glacial period (time) any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface


SamplesThe most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene.


Synonymsglacial epoch, ice age


Broader (hypernym)geological period, period


Part meronymprehistoric culture, prehistory









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