autoktoninen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- autochthonous adj Belonging naturally to the place where it is found.
- native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
Senses
autoktoninen is used for these senses in English:
- autochthonous Native to the place where found; indigenous.
- autochthonous (biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.
- native (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
autochthonous — full definition
- adj Belonging naturally to the place where it is found.
- adj Having come into being in the very place where it is now found.
- adj Describes a fossil that stayed exactly where the creature died, without being moved or broken apart afterward.
native — full definition
- noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
- adj Belonging to a place by birth or original origin, rather than having moved there or been introduced.
- adj Present or built into something from the start, rather than added on later — often used of skills or abilities.
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