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< abbess
abbey >
Ab·be·vil·li·an
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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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