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pleistocene

Pleis.to.cene \'pli--st*-.se-n\ aj [Gk pleistos most + ISV -cene; akin to 
   Gk pleio-n more] : of, relating to, or being the earlier epoch of the 
   Quaternary or the co rresponding system of rocks - Pleistocene n