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petroglyph
[ pe-truh-glif ]
/ ˈpɛ trəˌglɪf /
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noun
a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
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OTHER WORDS FROM petroglyph
pet·ro·glyph·ic, adjectivepe·trog·ly·phy [pi-trog-luh-fee], /pɪˈtrɒg lə fi/, nounWords nearby petroglyph
petrodiesel, petrodollar, petrodollars, petrog., petrogenesis, petroglyph, Petrograd, petrogram, petrograph, petrography, petrol
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How to use petroglyph in a sentence
A few weeks before that, a different panel had been bolted by a climber who mistook petroglyphs for graffiti.
A few miles up the road from Crescent Junction, petroglyphs from almost 2,000 years ago etch the cliffs near the roofless buildings of a tiny mining town abandoned in the middle of the last century.
Once the Uranium Capital of the World, Moab, Utah, wants to unload its radioactive legacy|Sarah Scoles|September 9, 2021|Popular-ScienceRide Poison Spider Mesa, a hybrid of dirt and rock, and you’ll see arches and petroglyphs.
The large figure on the right reminds us of the human form of the petroglyph at Nanaimo.
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British Dictionary definitions for petroglyph
petroglyph
/ (ˈpɛtrəˌɡlɪf) /
noun
a drawing or carving on rock, esp a prehistoric one
Word Origin for petroglyph
C19: via French from Greek petra stone + gluphē carving
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