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单词 terrigenous
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ter•rig•e•nous  (te rij′ə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Geologyproduced by the earth.
  2. Geologynoting or pertaining to sediments on the sea bottom derived directly from the neighboring land, or to the rocks formed primarily by the consolidation of such sediments.
  • Latin terrigenus, equivalent. to terr(a) earth + -i- -i- + -genus -genous
  • 1675–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
terrigenous /tɛˈrɪdʒɪnəs/ adj
  1. of or produced by the earth
  2. (of geological deposits) formed in the sea from material derived from the land by erosion
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin terrigenus, from terra earth + gignere to beget
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