ADJECTIVE
- of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
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originating where it is found
the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan
the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo
autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
endemic folkways
How To Use autochthonous In A Sentence
- autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
- Heroes emerge as autochthonous beings from the nation/state, rising up to defend it in its time of need. Andrew Bickford: Shadow Elite: Pat Tillman & Why Soldier Hero Worship Serves the Powerful ... Not the Soldiers
- The winning words in recent competitions have included: pococurante; autochthonous; appoggiatura; ursprache; serrefine; guerdon; Laodicean. Archive 2010-06-01
- These sea ice communities can be supported by materials (both dissolved and particulate) that are allochthonous and autochthonous.
- What follows are his juicy thoughts on the dollar and wine prices, strikes, the summer from hell, Greek wines, the word of the day ( "autochthonous"), and why he's drinking rosé all year long. Dr Vino's wine blog
- This organic debris is considered the original source for some chemical cave minerals but is also associated with the generation of autochthonous clastic sediments.
- Its autochthonous Berber population was nomadic and so did not cultivate.
- In contrast, the sedimentology of an autochthonous fossil plant site retains a primary paleoecological signal.
- Distinctive rock types found on the westernmost nunataks around Hamberg Gletscher are interpreted as autochthonous Caledonian foreland.
- For example, many of the tribes that organize tourist packages attempt to portray the tribes as dynamic, vibrant cultures proud of their autochthonous identities but equally proud of their accomplishments in the modern world.
