Usually means: Ancient carvings on rock surfaces.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. petroglyph: Merriam-Webster
  2. petroglyph: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. petroglyph: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. petroglyph: Collins English Dictionary
  5. petroglyph: Vocabulary.com
  6. Petroglyph, petroglyph: Wordnik
  7. petroglyph: Wiktionary
  8. petroglyph: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. petroglyph: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. petroglyph: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. petroglyph: Dictionary.com
  12. petroglyph: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Petroglyph (album), Petroglyph (disambiguation), Petroglyph (game studio), Petroglyph: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. petroglyph: FreeDictionary.org
  15. petroglyph: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. petroglyph: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petroglyph: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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  1. petroglyph: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petroglyph)

▸ noun:  (archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.

Similar:
petroglyphy, petrogram, petrosomatoglyph, petrified carpentry, petrosphere, petralogy, artifact, graffiti, dipinto, objective piece, more...

Phrases:
Petroglyph National Monument, Petroglyph Games, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, indian, single, spiral, large, first, prehistoric, pecked, small, typical, original
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Similar:
petroglyphy, petrogram, petrosomatoglyph, petrified carpentry, petrosphere, petralogy, artifact, graffiti, dipinto, objective piece, more...

Phrases:
Petroglyph National Monument, Petroglyph Games, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, indian, single, spiral, large, first, prehistoric, pecked, small, typical, original



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