1 heterochthonous | Definition of heterochthonous

heterochthonous

adjective
het·​er·​och·​tho·​nous

Definition of heterochthonous

1 : not indigenous : foreign, naturalized a heterochthonous flora
2a : not formed in the place where it now occurs : transported heterochthonous rock
b : removed from the original deposit (as by erosion) and reembedded (as certain fossils)

History and Etymology for heterochthonous

heter- + -chthonous (as in autochthonous)

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