autochthonous
adjective/ɔːˈtɒkθənəs/
/ɔːˈtɑːkθənəs/
- (specialist) (of people who live in a particular place) whose ancestors all came from the same place synonym indigenous
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- (geology) (of rock) formed in its present position compare allochthonous
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