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Title mesolithic
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Me·so·lith·ic
 \\ˌme-zə-ˈli-thik\\ adjective
 ETYMOLOGY  International Scientific Vocabulary
 DATE  1866
: of, relating to, or being a transitional period of the Stone Age between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
meso·lith·ic
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lithik\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mes- + -lithic
: of, relating to, or being a transitional period of the Stone Age between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic characterized by the appearance of the dog as the first domestic animal, of the bow and arrow, and of pottery and represented by several cultures of Europe — see 
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