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Glacial period Uncommon

Noun

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Noun
1

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"

See Also
ice age milankovitch cycles
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
period
Rhyming Words
iod period hesiod subperiod epitheliod gyroperiod semiperiod foreperiod dry period day period edo period nara period long period semi period test period rest period late period scotoperiod time period zero period
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