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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A carving or line drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric people.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A carving on or in stone; a rock-carving.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people)

Examples

  • “About five hectares have been cleared in the zone covered of lush vegetation finding evidences as the petroglyph, which is a stone with engravings and geometric designs that inhabitants denominate the mysterious stone of La Palma.”

    Mysterious La Palma Stone

  • “Unfortunately this was a day of a huge windstorm, cold gusts to sixty knots or so, so the outdoor activities we'd planned--- aerial tram, petroglyph trail--- had to be canceled in favor of things we could do indoors.”

    Coffee Bread

  • “Stone circles and other petroglyph sites are located in the area.”

    "Stonehenge" in Lake Michigan?

  • “After getting our fresh produce for the stir fry tonight we all ended up with something, as for example Linda bought me a braclet with a Hawaiian petroglyph in it.”

    Hawaiian Adventure Day 8: Akaka falls, woodwork and the best breakfast in the USA

  • “There are petroglyph sites, archeological and paleontological sites and, still in Utah, a quarry where you can go and dig for your own trilobite.”

    Archive 2009-09-01

  • “A petroglyph at a site just south of the Arizona border, near St. George, Utah:”

    Is That Legal?: August 2007 Archives

  • “Former New Mexico state archaeologist Glenna Dean's favorite overlooked spot is the Three Rivers petroglyph site.”

    From the Trenches - Off the Grid- Three Rivers, New Mexico

  • “The petroglyph carvings are outstanding, with various human-looking faces and bodies.”

    Archive 2008-01-01

  • “The Three Rivers petroglyph photos were interesting -- no doubt you were researching your next book, "The Petroglyph Code", about how a time-traveling Sasha Solomon solves the prehistoric murder of a Native American by decrypting the symbols embedded in the face scratched onto a rock by the dying victim.”

    New Mexico Vacation

  • “In one mock-up on the Nevada State Treasurer's Web site, a petroglyph of a bighorn sheep depicted in an outline of Nevada is actually found on a rock in the desert of south-central California.”

    Newsweek: NEVADA: IDENTITY CRISIS

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