"flysch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /flɪʃ/ Forms: flysches [plural]
Etymology: From German fließen (“to flow, to melt”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|fließen||to flow, to melt}} German fließen (“to flow, to melt”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flysch (plural flysches)
  1. (geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (series of sandstones and schists): fliŝo (Esperanto), flysch [masculine] (French), Flysch (German), φλύσχης (flýschis) [masculine] (Greek), fliš (Serbo-Croatian)

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