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Mesolithic

adjective Me·so·lith·ic \ˌme-zə-ˈli-thik\

Definition of MESOLITHIC

:  of, relating to, or being a transitional period of the Stone Age between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic
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Origin of MESOLITHIC

International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use: 1866

Rhymes with MESOLITHIC

batholithic, endolithic, Eolithic, granolithic, laccolithic, megalithic, monolithic, neolithic, xenolithic

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