prehistoric
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antiquated, archaic, dated, démodé, demoded, fossilized, kaput (also kaputt), medieval (also mediaeval), moribund, mossy, moth-eaten, neolithic, Noachian, obsolete, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, passé, rusty, Stone Age, superannuated
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Stukeley had been writing about the later-prehistoric people who Caesar had called Druids — an entirely different group than has existed for the last few centuries. — Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, "Here's Why Stonehenge Is Connected to the Summer Solstice," 20 June 2019 At the famed British site Stonehenge, as many as 1,000 druids and pagans still gather annually on the spring equinox to watch dawn break over the prehistoric monument. — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, "What Exactly Is the Spring Equinox?," 19 Mar. 2019 London's Metropolitan Police secured Solstice Park, a business park in Amesbury near Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument and world heritage site. — Bloomberg.com, "URGENT: The Latest: Police: Russian Ex-spy Poisoned With Nerve Agent," 7 Mar. 2018 In warm prehistoric seas, a subset of these behemoths used their anchor-like stems to grip floating logs and surf in colonies hundreds strong. — Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian, "Ancient Sea Life May Have Hitched Across Oceans on Giant Living Rafts," 12 Aug. 2019 Underwater researchers are trapped 6 miles down with a prehistoric sea monster. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Humans have been tanning hides to make leather since prehistoric times, using them for clothing and shelter. — Lydia Mulvany, Fortune, "There’s a Cowhide Glut, As Americans Devour Beef and Leather Falls Out of Fashion," 9 Aug. 2019 An illustration published in the study shows the prehistoric parrot coming up to a human’s belly button. — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, "When 'Squawkzilla' roamed the earth, some parrots were the size of toddlers, study says," 8 Aug. 2019 Scientists have been finding enormous prehistoric birds for years, but this one still managed to shock them. — oregonlive.com, "Now that’s a dead parrot (not to mention an extremely large one)," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prehistoric.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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