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neoglacial

neoglacial adjective: describing any of several relatively recent periods (during the Holocene) of increased glaciation.

Adjective

neoglacial (not comparable)

  1. Describing any of several relatively recent periods (during the Holocene) of increased glaciation

Origin of neoglacial

From neo- + glacial.

Words formed from neoglacial

Questions about neoglacial

What does neoglacial mean?
Neoglacial means describing any of several relatively recent periods (during the Holocene) of increased glaciation.
What part of speech is neoglacial?
Neoglacial is an adjective.

Words near neoglacial in the dictionary

  1. neogenic
  2. neogenin
  3. neogenins
  4. neogeography
  5. neogitostin
  6. neoglacial
  7. neoglaciation
  8. neoglaciations
  9. neoglans
  10. neoglucobrassicin
  11. neoglucodigifucoside

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