| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lithik adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mes- + -lithic
: of, relating to, or being a transitional period of the Stone Age between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic characterized by the appearance of the dog as the first domestic animal, of the bow and arrow, and of pottery and represented by several cultures of Europe — see asturian , azilian , campignian , ertebolle , maglemosian , tardenoisian