allodapic

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀλλοδαπός (allodapós, foreign) + -ic, perhaps on the basis that the sediment originates elsewhere.

Adjective

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allodapic (not comparable)

  1. (geology) deposited as a sediment from a turbid current