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flysch

[flish]
–noun Geology.
an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.

Origin:
1845–55; < G < Swiss G flīsch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perh. akin to Swabian dial. flins slate (akin to flint )
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