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1. (adj.) Pleistocene
of or pertaining to the geologic epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending ten thousand years ago, the time of the last Ice Age and the advent of modern humans.
2. (n.) Pleistocene
the Pleistocene Epoch or Series.
Etymology: (1830–40; < Gk pleîsto(s) most (superl. of polýs much) + -cene)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch
from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
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1. (adj) pleistocene
of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man
2. (noun) pleistocene
the Pleistocene epoch, or deposits
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