prehistoric

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[ UK /pɹˌiːhɪstˈɒɹɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹihɪˈstɔɹɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
    prehistoric peoples
    prehistoric settlements
  2. of or relating to times before written history
    prehistoric archeology
  3. no longer fashionable
    my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes
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How To Use prehistoric In A Sentence

  • Prehistoric rubbish heaps produced by the strandlopers are found in a number of caves and tell a great deal about the San people's lifestyle.
  • As Christians who reject evolutionary theory, the family scoffed at the park's dinosaur attractions, which date the apatosaurus, brachiosaurus and the like to prehistoric times.
  • There can be few museums in the world whose range of exhibits includes a stuffed, 5ft-long, prehistoric fish and a pair of unworn, extremely expensive, blue cowboy-boots.
  • The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes.
  • Archaeologists attribute the ruin to a flourishing prehistoric kingdom.
  • The road has been an important trade route since prehistoric times.
  • It's all about empathy - picturing yourself as the mighty prehistoric beast. The Sun
  • Liphschitz N (1986) The vegetational landscape and the macroclimate of Israel during prehistoric and protohistoric periods. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • A set of prehistoric footprints, said to show meat-eating dinosaurs hunting vegetarian dinos, has just been recreated in a detailed 3-D model.
  • Frazer writes about the ceremonial king of so many prehistoric agricultural societies.
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