- rostrocarinate
- I. \\|rä(ˌ)strō+\ adjective
Etymology: rostr- + carinate: of, relating to, or constituting a chipped flint artifact shaped somewhat like an eagle's beak and found in eastern EnglandII. noun (-s): a rostrocarinate artifact
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/ros'troh kar"euh nayt', -nit/, n.a chipped flint with a beaklike shape found in the late Tertiary sediments of Suffolk, England, once thought to have been worked by humans but now known to have been shaped by natural nonhuman agencies.* * *
rostrocarinate /ros-trō-karˈin-āt/ adjective(L carīna keel) beaked and keelednounA supposed flint implement with beak and keel• • •Main Entry: ↑rostrum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.