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Autochthonous

adjective

Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed.

Originating where it is found. Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous. "Autochthonous rocks and people and folktales" , "Endemic folkways" , "The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

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"Autochthonous" Quotes from Famous Books

... boys who walk in line with you through the root-fields, or beat the coverts for pheasants. That might seem at first sight to be an easy business, but it is actually one of the most difficult in the world. For thorough perverse stupidity, you will not easily match the autochthonous beater. Watch him as he trudges along, slow, expressionless, clod-resembling, lethargic, and say how you would like to be the chief of such an army. He is always getting out of line, pressing forward unduly, or hanging back too much, and the loud voice of the keeper makes ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 • Various

Words linked to "Autochthonous" : autochthonic, native, allochthonous, autochthonal