See Also: spawner(medicine)
spawner(dictionary)
spawner-recruit model(medicine)
Stone Age(dictionary)
Stone Age(encyclopedia)
dhu stone(dictionary)
Stone(medicine)
stone(encyclopedia)
through-stone(2)(dictionary)
stone(1)(dictionary)

Stone Age (sh) and spawner (iou)


Stone Age (sh)




First known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools.

The term is little used by specialists today. See Paleolithic Period; Mesolithic Period; Neolithic Period; stone-tool industry. See also Bronze Age; Iron Age.


spawner (iou)



spawner noun. E17.
[from SPAWN noun or verb + -ER1.]
A female fish, esp. at spawning time. E17.
b. A woman, esp. one considered with respect to child-bearing. Chiefly derog. Only in 17.
A person who or thing which spawns a thing or things. Chiefly derog. E17.