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paleolith

[pey-lee-uh-lith or, esp. British, pal-ee-]

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noun

a paleolithic stone implement.

Origin of paleolith

First recorded in 1875–80; paleo- + -lith

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Related Words for paleolith

specimen, relic, skeleton, trace, impression, deposit, reconstruction, neolith, eolith, paleolith, petrifaction

paleolith in Science

paleolith

[pā′lē-ə-lĭth′]

A stone implement of the Paleolithic Period.

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