falunn.
/ˈfalã/ Geology.
(See quot. 1859.)
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1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 203 The faluns and associated strata are of slight thickness.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 163 Faluns, a French provincial term for the shelly Tertiary..strata of Touraine and the Loire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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