Autochthonous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales. See Synonyms at native.
  • adj. Biology Originating or formed in the place where found: an autochthonous blood clot.
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  • adj. Native to the place where found; indigenous.
  • adj. Originating where found.
  • adj. Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to autochthons; indigenous; sprung from the soil; aboriginal.
  • In pathology, not extraneous; originating at the place where found.
  • In petrol., noting rocks which have originated in situ, such as peat, rock-salt, and stalagmitic limestone; also applied to constituent minerals of rocks which have crystallized in the place they now occupy. Autochthonous materials are contrasted with the mechanically derived particles of clastic rocks.
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  • adj. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
  • adj. originating where it is found
    • Equivalent
    native   
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