Definitions for flysches

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flysches flysch

Spelling: [flish]

IPA: /flɪʃ/

Flysches is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in flysches (cefhlssy).

Definitions for flysches

noun

1. an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.
2. an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.

Origin of flysches

1845-55; German Swiss German flīsch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perhaps akin to Swabian dial. flins slate (akin to flint)

Examples for flysches

flysch, representing both the Cretaceous and Eocene systems, is widely distributed.

flysch and Vienna sandstone, with younger nummulitic beds and Hring group.

Lenticular intercalations of gabbro, diabase, &c., occur in the flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees.

flysch, representing both the Cretaceous and Eocene systems, is widely distributed.

flysch and Vienna sandstone, with younger nummulitic beds and Hring group.

Lenticular intercalations of gabbro, diabase, &c., occur in the flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees.