English Explanatory Dictionary

tortoise core

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The core of a stone when it takes on a roughly domed shape as a result of knapping using the Levallois technique.

Word forms

tortoise core tortoise cores

Etymology

From the resemblance to a tortoise's shell.

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