'autochthonous' definitions:
Definition of 'autochthonous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed [ant: allochthonous]
adjective
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]
Synonyms of 'autochthonous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- ancestral,
- antenatal,
- antepatriarchal,
- atavistic,
- beginning,
- budding,
- creative,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- endemic,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gestatory,
- homebred,
- homegrown,
- humanoid,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- indigenous,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- nascent,
- natal,
- native,
- native-born,
- original,
- parturient,
- patriarchal,
- postnatal,
- preadamite,
- preglacial,
- pregnant,
- prehistoric,
- prehuman,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primoprimitive,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- procreative,
- protohistoric,
- protohuman,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- ur,
- vernacular