platessiformadj.
/pləˈtɛsᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /pləˈtɛsəˌfɔrm/ Now rare.
Having the form of or resembling a plaice; (Archaeology) designating a type of Palaeolithic flint tool which is laterally flattened.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Platessiform, resembling the plaice, in form or structure; related to the plaice or flounder.
1919 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 49 91 The only ‘dateable’ artefacts so far recovered from the gravel under examination are the small platessiform flint implements which have been described.
1920 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 209 346 Sir Ray Lankester considers that the word ‘Platessiform’ might be applied in future to all the palæoliths derived from rostro-carinates.
1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 260 In all probability, the well-known platessiform and batiform Palæolithic implements (hand-axes) were developed from the rostro-carinate implements such as are found beneath the Red and Norwich Crags.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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