3 definitions
for autochthonous
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic
\Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a.
Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
autochthonous
adj 1: of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their
constituents were formed [ant: allochthonous]
2: 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, endemic, indigenous]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "autochthonous":
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
