Postglacial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Postglacial \Post*gla"cial\, a. (Geol.)
     (a) Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the
         Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of
         Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of
         the glacier from the locality.
     (b) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an epoch after the


         last Glacial and before the Terrace epoch. [R.]
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]