petroglyph
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trəˌglɪf noun
a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
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| —n | |
| a drawing or carving on rock, esp a prehistoric one | |
| [C19: via French from Greek petra stone + gluphē carving] | |
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Petroglyph
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
petroglyph
1870, from Fr. pétroglyphe, from Gk. petra "rock" + glyphe "carving."
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Example sentences
The petroglyph carved into stone two and a half millennia ago is a testament to the resilience of this cultural landscape.
The petroglyph rock art consists of carvings of human figures, animals and symbols.
Figures resembling bighorn sheep crowd many petroglyph panels.
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