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Definition of autochthonous



Overview of adj autochthonous

The adj autochthonous has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. autochthonous

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

2. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous

(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")