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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
terrigenous /tɛˈrɪdʒɪnəs/

▶adjective Geology denoting marine sediment eroded from the land.

– origin C17: from L. terrigenus (from terra ‘earth’ + -genus ‘born’) + -ous.

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