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PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 epoch" is a part of...):
Age of Man; Quaternary; Quaternary period (last 2 million years)
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