IBERO-MAURUSIAN


Meaning of IBERO-MAURUSIAN in English

/uy bear"oh maw rooh"zee euhn, -zheuhn/ , adj.

of or pertaining to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.

[ ibéromaurusien (1909), equiv. to ibér ( ique ) Iberian + -o- -O- + L Maurus ( ius ) pertaining to Mauretania (akin to Maurus; see MOOR) + -ien -IAN ]

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