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pleistocene


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pleistocene  \Pleis"to*cene\,  a.  [Gr.  ?  most  +  ?  new.]  (Geol.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  epoch,  or  the  deposits,  following  the 
  Tertiary,  and  immediately  preceding  man.  --  n.  The 
  Pleistocene  epoch,  or  deposits. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pleistocene 
  n  :  from  11  thousand  to  2  millions  years  ago;  extensive 
  glaciation  of  N  hemisphere;  time  of  human  evolution  [syn: 
  {Pleistocene},  {Pleistocene  epoch},  {Glacial  epoch}] 




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