Autochthon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the earliest known inhabitants of a place; an aborigine.
  • n. Ecology An indigenous plant or animal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The earliest inhabitant of an area, an aborigine.
  • n. An autochthonous rock formation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
  • n. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Literally, one sprung from the land he inhabits; hence, one of the primitive inhabitants of a country; a member of the race found in a country when first known; an aboriginal inhabitant.
  • n. plural The primitive animals or plants of a country or region, especially in geological time.
  • n. That element or portion of the fauna of a given region which has descended directly from animals which occupied the region at a much earlier period: contrasted with heterochthon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the earliest known inhabitants of a region
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    native