autochthonous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
  2. adjective satellite originating where it is found
    autochthonal; indigenous; endemic; autochthonic.
    • 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

WordNet

Au*toch"tho*nal, Au`thoch*thon"ic, Au*toch"tho*nous adjective (Also<
  • Autochthonal
  • Authochthonic
  • Autochthonous
)
Definitions
  1. Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

Webster 1913