palaeolithic

Noun palaeolithic has 1 sense

• palaeolithic(n = noun.time) paleolithic, paleolithic age - second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC; Array
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
is a part of stone age
has parts: lower paleolithic, middle paleolithic, upper paleolithic

Adjective palaeolithic has 1 sense

• palaeolithic(a = adj.pert) paleolithic - of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts"