glacial epoch

Noun glacial epoch has 2 senses

• glacial epoch(n = noun.time) glacial period, ice age - 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"
is a kind of geological period, period
is a part of prehistoric culture, prehistory

• glacial epoch(n = noun.time) pleistocene, pleistocene epoch - from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution;
is a part of age of man, quaternary, quaternary period
is a kind of epoch