bladelet

bladelet
/blayd"lit/, n.
a small, blade-shaped, sometimes retouched piece of stone used as the cutting edge of a weapon or tool by late Stone Age peoples.
Also, bladelette. Also called microblade.
[1855-60; BLADE + -LET]

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