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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic) n
1: middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago [syn: Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic, Epipaleolithic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1866 of, relating to, or being a transitional period of the Stone Age between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Archaeol. of or concerning the Stone Age between the palaeolithic and neolithic periods. Etymology: MESO- + Gk lithos stone