单词 | folsom man |
释义 | Folsom man in British English (ˈfɒlsəm) noun a type of early human from a North American culture of the Pleistocene period, thought to have used flint tools and to have subsisted mainly by hunting bison Word origin C20: named after Folsom, a settlement in New Mexico, where archaeological evidence was foundFolsom man in American Englishnoun 1. a Paleo-Indian of the Folsom tradition 2. a human skull found in Midland, Texas, that is believed to be contemporary with the Folsom tradition Word origin [1930–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, acoustic phonetics, boondoggle, hypercorrection, saddle stitch |
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