Autochthon
an aboriginal inhabitant.
Ecology. one of the indigenous animals or plants of a region.
Geology. a geological formation formed in the region where found.
Historical Examples
He is earth-born, autochthon, and holds possession by descent.
The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies Walter Besant
autochthon, aw-tok′thon, n. one of the primitive inhabitants of a country: an aboriginal:—pl.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
To the third pair of twins he gave the name Mneseus to the elder, and autochthon to the one who followed him.
The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes Edwin J. Houston
Tchekoff is a true product of Russian literature, an autochthon plant, nourished by his natal sap.
Contemporary Russian Novelists Serge Persky
To the elder of the third pair of twins he gave the name Mneseus, and autochthon to the one who followed him.
Critias Plato
noun (pl) -thons, -thones (-θəˌniːz)
(often pl) one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
an animal or plant that is native to a particular region
n.
1640s, “one sprung from the soil he inhabits” (plural autochthones), from Greek autokhthon “aborigines, natives,” literally “sprung from the land itself,” used of the Athenians and others who claimed descent from the Pelasgians, from auto- “self” (see auto-) + khthon “land, earth, soil” (see chthonic).
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