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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Short for the Mesolithic period. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

mesolithic age

Etymology

From meso- + -lithic.

Related phrases

middle stone agestone age

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