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Webster 1913 Edition

Terrigenous

Ter-rig′e-nous

,

Adj.

[L.

terrigena

,

terrigenus

;

terra

the earth +

genere

,

gignere

, to bring forth.]

Earthborn; produced by the earth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Terrigenous

TERRIG'ENOUS

,

Adj.

[L. terrigena, one born of the earth; terra and gigno.] Earthborn; produced by the earth.

Definition 2024

terrigenous

terrigenous

English

Adjective

terrigenous

(geology, of a marine sediment) Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks.