ACHEULEAN


Meaning of ACHEULEAN in English

/euh shooh"lee euhn/ , adj.

of, pertaining to, or typical of a Lower Paleolithic culture of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, characterized by large hand axes and cleavers made by the soft hammer technique.

Also, Acheulian .

[ 1890-95; acheuléen, named after St. Acheul, N France (Somme) (where remains were found) + -éen, var. of -ien ( -ianus -IAN), orig. with nouns ending in -é ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .