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| alluvion [ ə lvi ən ] |
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1. movement of sea against shore: the flow or wash of the sea or other body of water against a shore
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2. formation of land: the expansion of a land area through the build-up of alluvial deposits or the receding of a body of water
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French< Latin alluvion-< alluvius (see alluvium)] |
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