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MESOLITHIC
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
Synonyms:
Epipaleolithic; Mesolithic; Mesolithic Age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Holonyms ("Mesolithic" is a part of...):
Stone Age ((archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Mesolithic Age (middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago)
