Abri Audit

adjective

Abri Au·​dit

ˌa(ˌ)brēˌōˈdē

: of or belonging to a prehistoric culture transitional between late Mousterian and Aurignacian

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French Abri Audit (literally, "Audit Shelter"), a rock shelter in Dordogne department, France

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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