petroglyph

Noun
US[pet-roh-glif]/ˈpɛtroʊˌɡlɪf/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people)Type of carving, cutting
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

pet′ro·glyph′ (pĕt′rō-glĭf′), noun

A carving or drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric humans; called also a petrograph.

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

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