First Known Use: 1890
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Mousterian
adjective Mous·te·ri·an \mü-ˈstir-ē-ən\
Definition of MOUSTERIAN
: of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture that is characterized by well-made flake tools often considered the work of Neanderthal man
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Origin of MOUSTERIAN
French moustérien, from Le Moustier, cave in Dordogne, France
Rhymes with MOUSTERIAN
Adlerian, Algerian, Assyrian, Chaucerian, Cimmerian, Faulknerian, Forsterian, Hesperian, Hitlerian, Hutterian, Hyperion, Iberian, Illyrian, Keplerian, Liberian, Mahlerian, Nigerian, Pierian, Shakespearean, Siberian, Skinnerian, Spencerian, Spenserian, Spenglerian, Sumerian, valerian, Valerian, Wagnerian, Weberian, Whistlerian
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