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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 evolutionplay

    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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