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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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