glacial periodnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡleɪ.ʃəl ˌpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈɡleɪ.ʃəl ˌpɪr.i.əd/specializeda time in the past when the temperature was very cold and glaciers covered large parts of the earth
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Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- Paleogene
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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Synonym
ice age