ALLOCHTHON


Meaning of ALLOCHTHON in English

əˈläkthən, aˈ-, -ˌthän noun

or al·loch·thone -ˌthōn

( -s )

Etymology: back-formation from allochthonous

: an overthrust block of rocks that have been moved along a fault for a great distance from their place of origin

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