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)
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