[syn: paleolithic, palaeolithic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paleolithic \Pa`le*o*lith"ic\ (p[=a]`l[-e]*[-o]*l[i^]th"[i^]k),
a. (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements.
The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the
earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it
are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of
human beings.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
paleolithic
adj 1: of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age
(following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" [syn:
paleolithic, palaeolithic]
n 1: second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to
500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice
age about 8,500 years BC [syn: Paleolithic Age,
Paleolithic, Palaeolithic]