Associations to the word «Autochthonous»

AUTOCHTHONOUS, adjective. Native to the place where found; indigenous.

AUTOCHTHONOUS, adjective. (biology) (medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.

AUTOCHTHONOUS, adjective. (geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.

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

AUTOCHTHONOUS, adjective. 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".