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Adjective: allochthonous  u'lók-thu-nus
  1. Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed
    "The geologist identified allochthonous rocks that had been transported by glaciers"

Antonym: autochthonous

Encyclopedia: Allochthonous