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prepaleolithic

prepaleolithic adjective: before the Paleolithic era.

Adjective

prepaleolithic (not comparable)

  1. Before the Paleolithic era.
    • In the prepaleolithic geological era when the Earth was formed it is said that it rained continuously for forty thousand years. This is how the oceans were formed.2014, M. B. Lal, Going Back to Gettysburg, page 258

Origin of prepaleolithic

From pre- + Paleolithic.

Questions about prepaleolithic

What does prepaleolithic mean?
Prepaleolithic means before the Paleolithic era.
What part of speech is prepaleolithic?
Prepaleolithic is an adjective.

Words near prepaleolithic in the dictionary

  1. prepaint
  2. prepainted
  3. prepainting
  4. prepaints
  5. prepalatal
  6. prepaleolithic
  7. prepandemic
  8. prepanic
  9. prepar'd
  10. preparability
  11. preparable

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