CLACTONIAN


Meaning of CLACTONIAN in English

/klak toh"nee euhn/ , adj.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Lower Paleolithic culture in England marked by the production of tools made from stone flakes.

[ 1930-35; clactonien, after Clacton ( -on-Sea ), English town where the tools were first unearthed; see -IAN ]

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