| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ter·rig·e·nous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t -r j  -ns |
| ADJECTIVE: | Derived from the land, especially by erosive action. Used primarily of sediments. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin terrigena, earth-born : terra, earth; see ters- in Appendix I + –genous.
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