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PLEISTOCENE

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• PLEISTOCENE (noun)
The noun PLEISTOCENE has 1 sense:

1. from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution

Familiarity information: PLEISTOCENE used as a noun is very rare.

• PLEISTOCENE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Pleistocene; Pleistocene epoch; Glacial epoch

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time)

Holonyms ("Pleistocene" is a part of...):

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

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