Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, a. [See Aborigines.]

1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood. [1913 Webster]

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Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n.

1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. [1913 Webster]

2. An animal or a plant native to the region. [1913 Webster]

It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]

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aboriginal adj
1: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: native] [ant: nonnative]
2: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [syn: primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial]

noun

a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: Aborigine, Abo, native Australian, Australian Aborigine]

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Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, a. [See Aborigines.]

1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. ``Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.'' --Wordsworth.

2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n.

1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.

2. An animal or a plant native to the region.

It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. --Darwin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)