Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Originating or formed in the place where found; indigenous: synonym: native.
- adjective Ecology Native to or produced within a system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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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- adjective
Native to the place wherefound ;indigenous . - adjective biology, medicine
Originating where found. - adjective geology
Buried in place, especially of afossil preserved in its life position withoutdisturbance ordisarticulation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
- adjective originating where it is found
Etymologies
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Examples
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But it was 14-year-old David Tidmarsh of South Bend, Indiana who spelled the final word autochthonous to become this year's champion.
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There is a very distinct tendency for people of British birth (and now we are using British in another sense of the word) to think of British democracy as something which is their particular property, a kind of autochthonous English growth transported by the English and the Scots to less fortunate portions of the globe.
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What follows are his juicy thoughts on the dollar and wine prices, strikes, the summer from hell, Greek wines, the word of the day ( "autochthonous"), and why he's drinking rosé all year long.
Dr Vino's wine blog 2008
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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b. - by consecuence 85 % are not and a huge porcentage are "autochthonous" and the others are a mix of indigenous and spanish descendants. so even if hollywood represent Mexicans like domestic servants, gardeners and delinquents is very important precise what part of this "society" belongs to.
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stpeter commented on the word autochthonous
Contrast with allochthonous, naturally.
December 29, 2006
joannasephine commented on the word autochthonous
Pertaining to substances (organic matter from plankton), materials, or organisms originating within a particular waterway or lake and remaining in that waterway.
March 6, 2008
Isidore commented on the word autochthonous
Synonymous with "aboriginal" when referring to people.
February 20, 2009