detrita

English

Noun

detrita

  1. (rare) plural of detritus
    • 2007 April 22, New York Times‎:
      My earth science teacher in high school explained that Jamaica Avenue was situated on the geological terminal moraine, whereupon the glaciers of millions of years past deposited their detrita.

Quotations
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Anagrams

Latin

Participle

dētrīta

  1. nominative feminine singular of dētrītus
  2. nominative neuter plural of dētrītus
  3. accusative neuter plural of dētrītus
  4. vocative feminine singular of dētrītus
  5. nominative neuter plural of dētrītus

dētrītā

  1. ablative feminine singular of dētrītus
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