/mag'deuh lee"nee euhn/ , adj.
of or pertaining to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000-10,000 B.C. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.
[ 1880-85; magdalénien, equiv. to Magdalen- (Latinization of La Madeleine, the type site in SW France) + -ien -IAN ]