Pleistocene definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: from two ... of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Greek pleistos ... or the corresponding series of rocks — see geologic time table • Pleistocene noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. Geol. --adj. of or ... Etymology: Gk pleistos most + kainos new Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pleistocene Pleis"to*cene, a. [Gr. ? most + ? new.] (Geol.) Of or ... deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. -- n. The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
Pleistocene epoch definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: from ... of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch] Britannica Concise Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary period. The Pleistocene began c.1.6 million years ago and ended c ... followed by the Holocene epoch. At the height of the Pleistocene glacial ages, more than 30% of the land area of ... only about 10% was. The animals and plants of the Pleistocene began to resemble those of today. Flowering plants proliferated, ...
... s surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" [syn: ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch] 2: from two ... of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch]
... 1: any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks Merriam ... Date: 1706 1. any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by ... extinct elephant (genus Mammuthus) whose fossils have been found in Pleistocene deposits (beginning 1.6 million years ago) on every continent ...
... Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the ...
... inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch [syn: Paleo- American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian] Merriam Webster ... American hunting people of Asian origin extant in the late Pleistocene • Paleo-Indian adjective
... n 1: large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America Oxford Reference Dictionary n. an extinct gigantic ... found in deposits formed during the ice age of the Pleistocene epoch in South America. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk mule ...
... s surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" [syn: ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch] Merriam Webster's ... a time of widespread glaciation 2. capitalized I&A the Pleistocene glacial epoch NOAA Weather Glossary Periods in the history of ...
... extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar ... of the elephant family existing from the Miocene through the Pleistocene that are distinguished from the related mammoths chiefly by molar ...
... long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene [syn: saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth] Merriam Webster's noun Date ... as genus Smilodon) widely distributed from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene and characterized by long curving upper canines — called also saber ...