PLEISTOCENE EPOCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pleistocene epoch mean? 

• PLEISTOCENE EPOCH (noun)
  The noun PLEISTOCENE EPOCH 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 EPOCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEISTOCENE EPOCH (noun)

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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:

Glacial epoch; Pleistocene; Pleistocene epoch

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)