palaeolithic

Noun · Adjective

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Noun (1)

  1. second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BCSynonyms: Paleolithic AgePaleolithicInstance of time period, period of timePart of Stone AgeParts Upper Paleolithic, Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic

Adjective (1)

  1. of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)“paleolithic artifacts”Synonyms: paleolithic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

palaeolithic adjective

Same as paleolithic. Syn. — paleolithic.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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