Synonyms for Glacial Epoch (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface):
ice age, glacial period
WordNet sense 2 (from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution):
Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch
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