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Abbe⋅vill⋅i⋅an

  [ab-vil-ee-uhn, -vil-yuhn, ab-uh-vil-]
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of, pertaining to, or typical of an early Lower Paleolithic industry of the middle Pleistocene Epoch in Europe, characterized by the manufacture of large flakes and hand axes; Chellean.
Also, Abbe⋅vill⋅e⋅an.

Origin:
< F abbevillien (1932); see abbeville, -ian
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Ab·be·vil·li·an   (āb'ə-vĭl'ē-ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to the earliest Paleolithic archaeological sites in Europe, characterized by bifacial stone hand axes.

[After Abbeville, a city of northern France.]
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Abbevillian   (āb'ə-vĭl'ē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to the earliest Paleolithic archaeological sites in Europe, characterized by bifacial stone hand axes.
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