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flysches

flysches is the plural of flysch.

Meaning of flysch

Noun

flysch (plural flysches)

  1. A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
    • Most of the structures and textures observed at Ponkapoag section have been noted in turbitite and flysch sequences.1934, Gerald E. Schultz, Geology and Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Basin in Southwest Kansas, page 232

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Questions about flysches

What is flysches the plural of?
Flysches is the plural of flysch.

Words near flysches in the dictionary

  1. flyrodder
  2. flyrodders
  3. flyrods
  4. flys
  5. flysch
  6. flysches
  7. flyschlike
  8. flyschoid
  9. flyschoidal
  10. flyscreen
  11. flyscreens

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