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HOLOCENE EPOCH

Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocene epoch mean?

• HOLOCENE EPOCH (noun)
The noun HOLOCENE EPOCH has 1 sense:

1. approximately the last 10,000 years

Familiarity information: HOLOCENE EPOCH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOLOCENE EPOCH (noun)

Sense 1

Holocene epoch ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Approximately the last 10,000 years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holocene; Holocene epoch; Recent; Recent epoch

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time)

Holonyms ("Holocene epoch" is a part of...):

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

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