అర్థం : पृथ्वीवरील अधिकांश भागावर जेव्हा हिम साठते तो काळ.
							ఉదాహరణ : 
							हिमयुगात वनस्पतींची वाढ खुंटते.
							
ఇతర భాషల్లోకి అనువాదం :
Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface.
The most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene.