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rostrocarinate

[ ros-troh-kar-uh-neyt, -nit ]

noun

  1. 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.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rostrocarinate1

1950–55; rostro- (combining form representing Latin °ùŲõ³Ù°ù³Ü³¾ rostrum ) + carinate

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