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< talus

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ta·lus ²

s) KEY

NOUN:
pl. ta·lus·es

A sloping mass of rock debris at the base of a cliff.

ETYMOLOGY:
French talus, from Old French talu, sloping side of an earthwork, from Latin taltium, gold-bearing outcrop, perhaps of Celtic origin

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