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