"microburin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microburins [plural]
Etymology: From micro- + burin. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|burin}} micro- + burin Head templates: {{en-noun}} microburin (plural microburins)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: microburin

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