autochthonous
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- adjective
- /ˌɔːtəˈkθɒnəs/
- Formal
:
autóctono
- The island is home to many autochthonous plants that have evolved uniquely over centuries.
- autochthonous culture
- autochthonous case
- autochthonous spirit
Examples
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Most recently, reported autochthonous cases in the United States have occurred in suburban or urban areas (3).
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After 70 years with no confirmed autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Japan, 19 cases were reported during August-September 2014.
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Our investigation confirmed 8 autochthonous cases that occurred during January 2011 to January 2013 in Reunion.
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For poverty reduction to succeed, the poor need some autochthonous source of income and safety.
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Their catches are made near the coast and consist basically of local autochthonous demersal species.
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Many cases in this outbreak were caused by the M strain, an apparently autochthonous outbreak genotype.
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Research and experimentation in low-cost housing technology using autochthonous bamboo are increasingly active.
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Thus, the outbreak of autochthonous dengue fever is expected to end as mosquito activity decreases during autumn.
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Cases of locally acquired, mosquito-transmitted (autochthonous) malaria still occur in the United States, particularly in the Northeast.
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Although a headache for Nineveh, these creatures are thus autochthonous, not technically invasive, at home in their "pure Cape fynbos" (62) environs.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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Living or growing naturally in a place and not moved there from somewhere else
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Found regularly in a particular place or group of people
Living naturally in the place where it is found
Native to the place where it is found
Antonyms
How Native
- Formal
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- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
autochthonous = autochthon (opaque) = auto + chthon + ous
The final step from autochthon to autochthonous is a regular adjectival suffixation with -ous.
Etymology
The word autochthonous comes from Greek parts auto- meaning 'self' and chthon meaning 'earth'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of auto- as in automatic meaning 'self' and 'earth' as the ground, so autochthonous means something born or formed 'in the place itself', native and not moved there.