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Ab·be·vil·li·an  audio  (b-vl-n) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to the earliest Paleolithic archaeological sites in Europe, characterized by bifacial stone hand axes.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Abbeville, a city of northern France


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