I. |magdə|lēnēən, -nyən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: French Magdalénien, from Magdalen- (from La Madeleine, rock shelter on the Vézère river in southwestern France, the type station of Magadalenian culture) + French -ien -ian
: of or belonging to a late Paleolithic period characterized by implements of flint (as scrapers, gravers, saws, and knives) and of bone and ivory (as borers, needles, harpoons, and hooks), carving, and polychrome painting in caves of southern France and northern Spain
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: one of a late Paleolithic people producing a distinct culture