Meanings
noun
- hypercorrectpluralrareplural of detritus
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.
2007 April 22, New York Times
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APA
detrita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrita
MLA
“detrita.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrita. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detrita,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrita.
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