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clovis point

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Clo⋅vis

[kloh-vis]
–adjective
of or pertaining to a Paleo-Indian cultural tradition of North America, esp. the American Southwest, dated 10,000–9000 b.c. and characterized by a usually bifacial, fluted stone projectile point (Clovis point) used in big-game hunting.

Origin:
1955–60; after Clovis, New Mexico, near where such projectile points were found
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Clovis 
"type of prehistoric stone spearpoints," 1943, from Clovis, N.M., near where they were found.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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