单词 | rostrocarinate |
释义 | rostrocarinate in British English (ˌrɒstrəʊˈkærɪneɪt) adjective archaeology relating to beak-shaped stone instruments rostrocarinate in American English (ˌrɑstrouˈkærəˌneit, -nɪt) noun 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 Word origin [1950–55; rostro- (comb. form repr. L rōstrum rostrum) + carinate]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, action painting, allograph, point-of-sale, speech recognition |
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