noun
rare GeologyAn East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene, preceding the Makalian.
adjective
rare GeologyDesignating this period; of or relating to this period.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Louis Leakey (1903–1972), archaeologist and palaeoanthropologist. From Gamble + -ian.
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