Usually means: Originating in a different area.
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  1. allochthonous: Merriam-Webster
  2. allochthonous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. allochthonous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. allochthonous: Vocabulary.com
  5. Allochthonous: Wordnik
  6. allochthonous: Wiktionary
  7. allochthonous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. allochthonous: Dictionary.com
  10. Allochthonous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. allochthonous: Rhymezone
  12. allochthonous: FreeDictionary.org
  13. allochthonous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. allochthonous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. allochthonous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. allochthonous: Merriam-Webster

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  2. allochthonous: Natural History Terms

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (allochthonous)

adjective:  Originating in a place other than where it is found.
adjective:  (geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation.

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