"ice age" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ice ages [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Eiszeit|nocap=1}} calque of German Eiszeit Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice age (plural ice ages)
  1. (sciences) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs. Categories (topical): Sciences
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  2. (colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial). Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: Ice Age Translations (any of several glacial periods): ystydperk (Afrikaans), عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ (ʕaṣr jalīdiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), սառցե դարաշրջան (saṙcʿe darašrǰan) (Armenian), glaziazio (Basque), ледніковы перыяд (ljednikóvy pjeryjad) [masculine] (Belarusian), ледников период (english: lednikov period) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ရေခဲခေတ် (rehkai:hket) (Burmese), època glacial [feminine] (Catalan), 冰河時期 (Chinese Mandarin), 冰河时期 (bīnghé shíqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰期 (bīngqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰河期 (bīnghéqī) (Chinese Mandarin), doba ledová [feminine] (Czech), istid [common-gender] (Danish), ijstijd [masculine] (Dutch), glaciepoko (Esperanto), jääaeg (Estonian), jääkausi (Finnish), période glaciaire [feminine] (French), glaciation [feminine] (French), englaciation (French), გამყინვარების პერიოდი (gamq̇invarebis ṗeriodi) (Georgian), Eiszeit [feminine] (German), Εποχή των Παγετώνων (Epochí ton Pagetónon) [feminine] (Greek), עידן קרח [masculine] (Hebrew), हिमयुग (himyug) (Hindi), jégkorszak (Hungarian), eljegesedés (Hungarian), ísöld [feminine] (Icelandic), zaman es (Indonesian), oighearaois [feminine] (Irish), era glaciale [feminine] (Italian), 氷河期 (hyōgaki) (alt: ひょうがき) (Japanese), 氷河時代 (hyōga jidai) (alt: ひょうがじだい) (Japanese), ಹಿಮಯುಗ (himayuga) (Kannada), мұз дәуірі (mūz däuırı) (Kazakh), 빙하기 (binghagi) (alt: 氷河期) (Korean), 빙기 (binggi) (alt: 氷期) (Korean), ledus laikmets (Latvian), ledynmetis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Äiszäit [feminine] (Luxembourgish), ледено време (ledeno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), ഹിമയുഗം (himayugaṁ) (Malayalam), Żmien is-Silġ [masculine] (Maltese), eash rioee [feminine] (Manx), istid [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), istid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), عصر یخبندان (Persian), epoka lodowcowa [feminine] (Polish), era do gelo [feminine] (Portuguese), era glacial [feminine] (Portuguese), idade do gelo [feminine] (Portuguese), período glacial [masculine] (Portuguese), glaciațiune [feminine] (Romanian), леднико́вый пери́од (lednikóvyj períod) [masculine] (Russian), Linn na Deighe (Scottish Gaelic), ľadová doba [feminine] (Slovak), ledena doba [feminine] (Slovene), glaciación [feminine] (Spanish), istid [common-gender] (Swedish), panahon ng yelo (Tagalog), பனி யுகம் (paṉi yukam) (Tamil), ยุคน้ำแข็ง (Thai), buzul çağı (Turkish), льодовикова ера (lʹodovykova era) [feminine] (Ukrainian), muzlik davri (Uzbek), kỷ băng hà (alt: 期冰河) (Vietnamese), Oes yr Iâ (Welsh), iistiid (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-ice_age-en-noun-9WllAlC0 Disambiguation of Time: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'any of several glacial periods': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (period of glaciation at the poles): ystydperk (Afrikaans), عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ (ʕaṣr jalīdiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), âge de glace [masculine] (French), Eiszeitalter [neuter] (German), हिमयुग (himyug) (Hindi), idade do gelo [feminine] (Portuguese), era glaciar [feminine] (Portuguese), perioadă glaciară [feminine] (Romanian), eră glaciară [feminine] (Romanian), epocă glaciară [feminine] (Romanian), istid [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'period of glaciation at the poles': 55 45

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          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "word": "ยุคน้ำแข็ง"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "word": "buzul çağı"
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          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "льодовикова ера"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "word": "muzlik davri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "word": "kỷ băng hà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
          "word": "Oes yr Iâ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
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          "word": "iistiid"
        }
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      "word": "ystydperk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaṣr jalīdiyy",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "âge de glace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eiszeitalter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "himyug",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "word": "हिमयुग"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idade do gelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "istid"
    }
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Eiszeitalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "himyug",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "word": "हिमयुग"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idade do gelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perioadă glaciară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eră glaciară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epocă glaciară"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period of glaciation at the poles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "istid"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "ystydperk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaṣr jalīdiyy",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "saṙcʿe darašrǰan",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "սառցե դարաշրջան"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "glaziazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljednikóvy pjeryjad",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ледніковы перыяд"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "lednikov period",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ледников период"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "rehkai:hket",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "ရေခဲခေတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "època glacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "冰河時期"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnghé shíqī",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "冰河时期"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngqī",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "冰期"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnghéqī",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "冰河期"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doba ledová"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "istid"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ijstijd"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "glaciepoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "jääaeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "jääkausi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "période glaciaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glaciation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "englaciation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamq̇invarebis ṗeriodi",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "გამყინვარების პერიოდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eiszeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Epochí ton Pagetónon",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Εποχή των Παγετώνων"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עידן קרח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "himyug",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "हिमयुग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "jégkorszak"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "eljegesedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ísöld"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "zaman es"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oighearaois"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "era glaciale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひょうがき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyōgaki",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "氷河期"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひょうがじだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyōga jidai",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "氷河時代"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "himayuga",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "ಹಿಮಯುಗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mūz däuırı",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "мұз дәуірі"
    },
    {
      "alt": "氷河期",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "binghagi",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "빙하기"
    },
    {
      "alt": "氷期",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "binggi",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "빙기"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "ledus laikmets"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ledynmetis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Äiszäit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ledeno vreme",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ледено време"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "himayugaṁ",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "ഹിമയുഗം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Żmien is-Silġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eash rioee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "istid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "istid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "عصر یخبندان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epoka lodowcowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "era do gelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "era glacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idade do gelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "período glacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glaciațiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lednikóvyj períod",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "леднико́вый пери́од"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "Linn na Deighe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ľadová doba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ledena doba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glaciación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "istid"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "panahon ng yelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "paṉi yukam",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "பனி யுகம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "ยุคน้ำแข็ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "buzul çağı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lʹodovykova era",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "льодовикова ера"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "muzlik davri"
    },
    {
      "alt": "期冰河",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "kỷ băng hà"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "Oes yr Iâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "any of several glacial periods",
      "word": "iistiid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ice age"
}

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