Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clovis point

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: clo-vis -point
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fluted spearhead or the like created by people of the prehistoric Paleoamerican Clovis culture.

Example Sentences

"They closely resemble the famed American Clovis points, which are associated with large mammal extinctions across the North American continent."

Inflected Forms

Clovis points (plural)

Questions

What does clovis point mean?: A fluted spearhead or the like created by people of the prehistoric Paleoamerican Clovis culture.

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