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autochthonous
/ɔˈtɑkθənəs/
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What does autochthonous mean?
adjective
- Native to the place where found; indigenous.
- Originating where found; found where it originates.
- Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɔˈtɑkθənəs/
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If any of the autochthonous idlers asked him what he called himself, he replied shortly, “an engineer.”
Some groups will be considered as autochthonous, others as immigrants, and the directions followed by them will be inquired into; the search may lead far and in various directions, and by comparison of results, by making compound maps, certain routes will assume definite shape, and if they lead across straits and seas they are warrants to search for land-connections in the past.