Synonyms of glacial epoch

Noun


1. ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch, period, geological period

usage: any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"

2. Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch

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

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