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Native to the place where found; indigenous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Originating where found; found where it originates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: allochthonous
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
originating where it is found
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous
Antonyms: none provided
Literally, “native to the soil”; from autochthon + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
autokton
— native to the place where found
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Albanian:
autoktone
— native to the place where found
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Bulgarian:
автохто́нен
(avtohtónen)
— native to the place where found
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Catalan:
autòcton
— native to the place where found
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Chinese Mandarin:
土生的
(tǔshēng de)
— native to the place where found
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Chinese Mandarin:
本土的
(běntǔ de)
— native to the place where found
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Czech:
autochtonní
— native to the place where found
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Dutch:
autochtoon
— native to the place where found
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Esperanto:
indiĝena
— native to the place where found
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Esperanto:
aŭtoĥtona
— native to the place where found
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Esperanto:
aŭtoktona
— native to the place where found
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Finnish:
kotoperäinen
— native to the place where found
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Finnish:
autoktoninen
— native to the place where found
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French:
autochtone
— native to the place where found
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Galician:
autóctono
— native to the place where found
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Georgian:
ავტოქტონური
(avṭokṭonuri)
— native to the place where found
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Georgian:
ადგილობრივი
(adgilobrivi)
— native to the place where found
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German:
autochthon
— native to the place where found
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Greek:
αυτόχθονας
(aftóchthonas)
— native to the place where found
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Irish:
uatheascarthach
— native to the place where found
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Italian:
autoctono
— native to the place where found
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Kazakh:
автохтондық
(avtoxtondyq)
— native to the place where found
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Polish:
autochtoniczny
— native to the place where found
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Polish:
autochtoński
— native to the place where found
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Portuguese:
autóctone
— native to the place where found
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Romanian:
autohton
— native to the place where found
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Russian:
коренно́й
(korennój)
— native to the place where found
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Russian:
автохто́нный
(avtoxtónnyj)
— native to the place where found
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Russian:
аутохто́нный
(autoxtónnyj)
— native to the place where found
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Russian:
ме́стный
(méstnyj)
— native to the place where found
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Serbo-Croatian:
autòhton
— native to the place where found
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Spanish:
autóctono
— native to the place where found
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Swedish:
autokton
— native to the place where found
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Swedish:
ursprunglig
— native to the place where found
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Swedish:
infödd
— native to the place where found
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Turkish:
asil yerli
— native to the place where found
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Ukrainian:
автохто́нний
(avtoxtónnyj)
— native to the place where found
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Bulgarian:
автохто́нен
(avtohtónen)
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Chinese Mandarin:
原位的
(yuánwèi de)
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Finnish:
autoktoninen
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Georgian:
ავტოქტონური
(avṭokṭonuri)
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Irish:
uatheascarthach
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Polish:
autochtoniczny
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Portuguese:
autóctone
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Russian:
автохто́нный
(avtoxtónnyj)
— biology, medicine: originating where found
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Bulgarian:
автохто́нен
(avtohtónen)
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Chinese Mandarin:
原地埋藏的
(yuándì máicáng de)
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Finnish:
autoktoninen
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Georgian:
ავტოქტონური
(avṭokṭonuri)
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Irish:
díleasach
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Polish:
autochtoniczny
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Portuguese:
autóctone
— geology: formed or buried where found
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Russian:
автохто́нный
(avtoxtónnyj)
— geology: formed or buried where found