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microgravette

microgravette noun: a small projectile point (from the Stone Age).

Noun

microgravette (plural microgravettes)

  1. A small projectile point (from the Stone Age)
    • These bags contain a number of robust microgravette points (or fragments thereof) that are more likely to belong in these periods than in the Romanellian, diagnostics of which (very small thumbnail scrapers, very narrow backed bladelets) are mostly to be found in bags with a “B-I” label.2015 July 9, “Analysis of Site Formation and Assemblage Integrity Does Not Support Attribution of the Uluzzian to Modern Humans at Grotta del Cavallo”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microgravette

pluralmicrogravettes

Origin of microgravette

From micro- + gravette.

Questions about microgravette

What does microgravette mean?
Microgravette means a small projectile point (from the Stone Age).
What part of speech is microgravette?
Microgravette is a noun.
What is the plural of microgravette?
The plural of microgravette is microgravettes.

Words near microgravette in the dictionary

  1. micrographitic
  2. micrographs
  3. micrography
  4. micrograting
  5. microgratings
  6. microgravette
  7. microgravettes
  8. microgravimetric
  9. microgravimetry
  10. microgravitational
  11. microgravities

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