/mez'euh lith"ik, mes'-, mee'zeuh-, -seuh-/ , adj. Anthropol. ( sometimes l.c. )
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
[ 1865-70; MESO- + -LITHIC ]