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interglacials

interglacials is the plural of interglacial.

Meaning of interglacial

Noun

interglacial (plural interglacials)

  1. The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
    • The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209

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Questions about interglacials

What is interglacials the plural of?
Interglacials is the plural of interglacial.

Words near interglacials in the dictionary

  1. intergermarial
  2. intergestural
  3. intergesture
  4. interglacial
  5. interglacially
  6. interglacials
  7. interglaciation
  8. interglaciations
  9. interglandular
  10. interglenoid
  11. interglenoidal

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