GLACIAL EPOCH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • from two million to 11 thousand years ago
   • extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere
   • the time of human evolution
   Synonym(s)
   • Pleistocene (what does Pleistocene mean?)
   • Pleistocene epoch (what does Pleistocene epoch mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Glacial epoch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • epoch (what does epoch mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth’’s surface
   Synonym(s)
   • glacial period (what does glacial period mean?)
   • ice age (what does ice age mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene
   Hypernyms(s) glacial epoch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • period (what does period mean?)
   • geological period (what does geological period mean?)