- Perigordian
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/per'i gawr"dee euhn/, adj.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, esp. of the Périgord region.[1935-40; PÉRIGORD + -IAN]
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Perigordian
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