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Pleistocene definition

Pleis·to·cene (plīs′tə sēn′)

adjective

designating or of the first geologic epoch of the Quaternary Period, characterized by a series of advancing and retreating continental glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere and the development of modern humans and toolmaking cultures

Etymology: < Gr pleistos, most, superl. of polys, much (see poly-) + -cene

Pleistocene Idioms

the Pleistocene

the Pleistocene Epoch or its rocks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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