🔄 Synonyms of "Pleistocene"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| glacial epochnoun | from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution |
| pleistocene epochnoun | from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| glacial epochnoun | from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution |
| pleistocene epochnoun | from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution |
| pliocenenoun | (geology) The Pliocene epoch. |
| quaternarynoun | (geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it. |
| plionoun | — |
| glacial age | — |
| ice agenoun | (sciences) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs. |
| diluviumnoun | An inundation or flood; a deluge. |
| glacial periodnoun | An interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. |
| pleistocene series | — |
| pleistocenic | Relating to the Pleistocene |
| quaternary ice age | — |
| pleiocenenoun | Alternative form of Pliocene. [(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.] |
| holocenenoun | (geology) The Holocene epoch. |
| postpliocenenoun | (geology) After the Pliocene epoch. |
| paleogenenoun | (geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago. |
| oligocenenoun | (geology) The Oligocene epoch. |
| miocenenoun | (geology) The Miocene epoch. |
| eocenenoun | (geology) The Eocene epoch. |
| neogenenoun | (geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present. |
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