Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, strata of Miocene Tertiary age occurring in Touraine, France.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.
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Examples
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The big stones alone in the fields must come from vanished glaciers, and they searched for moraines and faluns.
Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Gustave Flaubert 1850
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faluns, epoch are so well financed. many forces at play here. plus a percentage of practictioners income.
Falun Gong Spectacular at the Opera House sfmike 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word faluns
Savory layered fufluns from France.
November 15, 2011
yarb commented on the word faluns
In China, their serving is announced by the faluns-gong.
November 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word faluns
I thought the faluns-gong was banned there.
November 16, 2011
yarb commented on the word faluns
They banned it, but it still hasn't falun out of fashion.
November 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word faluns
When faluns-gongs are outlawed, only felons will have faluns-gongs.
November 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word faluns
Ah, if only those French bakers had somewhere to buy cheap bannetons for their faluns.
November 17, 2011