nagelfluh
/ˈnɑːɡ(ə)lfluː/Geology
noun
A massive conglomerate of Miocene age which is associated with the molasse of the Swiss Alps and contains pebbles likened to nail heads.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. From German Nagelfluh, originally a German regional (Swiss) compound from Nagel + Fluh bare rock, rock face.
- protocultural
- protoculture
- proto-deacon
- protoderm
- proto-diasystem
- protodipnoan
- protodolomite
- protodynastic
- proto-Earth
- proto-Elamite
- protoenstatite
- Protoevangelion
- Protoevangelium
- protofibril
- protofilament
- protoform
- protogalactic
- protogalaxy
- protogastric
- protogeneous
- protogenetic
- protogenic
- Protogeometric
- Proto-Germanic
- protogine