Meaning of INDIGENOUS
| Pronunciation: | | in'dijunus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, native |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*dig"e*nous\, a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL.
indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See
{In}, and {Gender}.]
1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a
country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not
indigenous or proper natives of America. --Sir T.
Browne.
In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap.
--Lion Playas.
2. Native; inherent; innate.
Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human
mind. --I. Taylor.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Native; originating or occurring naturally in the place specified. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aboriginal, atavistic, autochthonous, bodily, born, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, genetic, hereditary, homebred, homegrown, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, local, natal, native, native to, native-born, natural, natural to, organic, original, physical, primal, primitive, temperamental, unacquired, vernacular |
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