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Abbe•vill•i•an

Pronunciation: (ab-vil"ē-un, -vil'yun, ab"u-vil'-), [key]
—adj.
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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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