microburins

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A form of microburin — A characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of microburin
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MLA

“microburins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microburins. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microburins,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microburins.

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