autochthonous

  • (a) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
  • (s) 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
    autochthonal, autochthonic, indigenous, endemic,

Synonyms

autochthonal autochthonic indigenous endemic

Antonyms

allochthonous

Words of close approximity