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Rupestrian

[roo-PES-tree-ən]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Latin, late 18th century

1.

(Of art) Done on rock or cave walls.

Examples of Rupestrian in a sentence

"Archaeologists were excited to uncover rupestrian markings inside the cave."

"The oldest rupestrian art can be found in Western European cave systems."

illustration Rupestrian

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