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terrigenous definition

ter·rig·enous (te rij′ə nəs, tə-)

adjective

  1. earthborn
  2. designating or of sea-bottom sediment derived from the erosion of land

Etymology: L terrigenus < terra, terra + gignere, to be born: see genus

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