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flysch  (flish),USA pronunciation n. [Geol.]
  1. Geologyan association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.
  • Swiss German flīsch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perh. akin to Swabian dialect, dialectal flins slate (akin to flint)
  • German
  • 1845–55


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