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paleolith

paleolith noun: a relic from the Paleolithic era.

Noun

paleolith (plural paleoliths)

  1. A relic from the Paleolithic era.
    • A large number of the reported discoveries of paleoliths in Kent had been made in the district surrounding the village of Ightham, some seven miles east of Shoreham, where Prestwich had his country home.1990, George W. Stocking, Bones, Bodies, Behavior: Essays on Biological Anthropology, page 94

Forms of paleolith

pluralpaleoliths

Origin of paleolith

From paleo- + -lith.

Questions about paleolith

What does paleolith mean?
Paleolith means a relic from the Paleolithic era.
What part of speech is paleolith?
Paleolith is a noun.
What is the plural of paleolith?
The plural of paleolith is paleoliths.

Words near paleolith in the dictionary

  1. paleolimnologist
  2. paleolimnologists
  3. paleolimnology
  4. paleolinguistics
  5. paleoliquefaction
  6. paleolith
  7. paleolithic
  8. paleolithical
  9. paleoliths
  10. paleologic
  11. paleological

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