Usually means: Ancient tool for throwing spears.
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  1. atlatl: Merriam-Webster
  2. atlatl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. atlatl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. atlatl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Atlatl, atlatl: Wordnik
  6. atlatl: Wiktionary
  7. atlatl: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. atlatl: Dictionary.com
  9. Atlatl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. atlatl: FreeDictionary.org
  11. atlatl: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. atlatl: Merriam-Webster

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  1. At'latl, atlatl: Encyclopedia

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  1. atlatl: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Atlatl: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Atlatl: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (atlatl)

noun:  A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.

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