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AUTOCHTHON

\ˌɔːtə͡ʊt͡ʃθˈɒn], \ˌɔːtə‍ʊt‍ʃθˈɒn], \ˌɔː_t_əʊ_tʃ_θ_ˈɒ_n]\

Definitions of AUTOCHTHON

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.

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One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; - commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; - commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

An aboriginal, one native to the place inhabited.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

An aboriginal inhabitant; first employed by the ancient Greeks to designate native races supposed to be indigenous, and to have sprung from the soil they inhabit; that which is original to a particular country, or which had its first origin there.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

An indigenous species of plant or animal.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

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