Associations to the word «Allochthonous»
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Wiktionary
ALLOCHTHONOUS, adjective. Originating in a place other than where it is found.
ALLOCHTHONOUS, adjective. (geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation.
Dictionary definition
ALLOCHTHONOUS, adjective. Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.