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Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic
\Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a.
Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
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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}, {endemic}, {indigenous}]