Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
originating where it is found;
- Example: "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"- Example: "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"- Example: "endemic folkways"- Example: "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"[syn: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
autochthonic
adj 1: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of
Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks
and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu
are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
[syn: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous,
endemic, indigenous]