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GLACIAL PERIOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
Example:
the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene
Synonyms:
glacial epoch; glacial period; ice age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("glacial period" is a kind of...):
geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)
Holonyms ("glacial period" is a part of...):
prehistoric culture; prehistory (the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word)
