English Explanatory Dictionary

Flysch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
noun
  1. A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.

Pronunciation

/flɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flysch.wav

Word forms

Flysch flysches

Etymology

From German fließen (“to flow, to melt”).

Derived words

cryptoflysch
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