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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed;

2. 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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic
\Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a.
   Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

autochthonous
    adj 1: of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their
           constituents were formed [ant: allochthonous]
    2: 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]