rostrocarinate

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 England
II. 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.
[1950-55; rostro- (comb. form repr. L rostrum ROSTRUM) + CARINATE]

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rostrocarinate /ros-trō-karˈin-āt/ adjective
(L carīna keel) beaked and keeled
noun
A supposed flint implement with beak and keel
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Main Entry:rostrum

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  • rostrocarinate — /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. [1950 55; …   Universalium

  • rostrocarinate — ros·tro·carinate …   English syllables

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