allochthone

plural allochthones

1. alternativegeographyAlternative form of allochthon.

   In the northern Taconic Range of centralwestern Vermont an allochthone has been postulated.

   1961, Philip C. Hewitt, “New Hypothesis for Solution of the Taconic Problem”, in Geological Society of America: Abstracts for 1961, →ISBN, page 197

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   The existence of an allochthone resting on an autochthone implies the existence of an overriding surface.

   1971, J.D. & E.S. Dana, The American Journal of Science, page 12

   In addition, modern workers generally concur that, immediately surrounding the controversial Taconic allochthone, there is a nearly continuous belt of Middle-Ordovician gray to black argillite.

   1964, Zen, Taconic Stratigraphic Names: Definitions and Synonymies, page 4

2. Inhabitants of a country with an ethnic background in another country, particularly people of Middle Eastern background living in Europe.

   The idea was no sooner mooted, than we were reliably informed that we would have to play down considerably the Muslim component, sheltering behind a broader allochthone scout concept.

   2004, John Eade, Dyab Abou Jahjah, Rosemary Bechler, Identities on the move, →ISBN, page 44

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   Immigration and differential fertility behaviour of immigrants may lead to a substantial demographic substitution of the authochthone by the allochthone population in specific urban areas or regions.

   2005, Dragana Avramov, R. L. Cliquet, Integrated Policies on Gender Relations, Ageing and Migration in Europe, →ISBN, page 44

   However, who is "allochthone" and who is "'autochthone" is a matter of absolutely unclear classification, and the term allochthone soon started to be used mainly for the Moroccans and the Turkish.

   2014, Dragana Avramov, R. L. Cliquet, Religion, Ethnicity and Transnational Migration between west Africa and Europe, →ISBN, page 44

3. An animal species that lives only part of its life in a particular habitat.

   The latter again consists of two groups: the autochthone (those that live permanently in the ice all their lives) and the allochthone (those that are associated with ice only for part of their lives, or for part of the year only).

   2005, Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Arctic Animals and Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge, →ISBN, page 44