rostrocarinate

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; rostro- (comb. form repr. L rostrum ROSTRUM) + CARINATE]

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  • 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 * * * /ros troh kar euh… …   Useful english dictionary

  • rostrocarinate — ros·tro·carinate …   English syllables

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