2 example sentences using autochthonous.
Autochthonous used in a sentence
Autochthonous in a sentence as an adjective
Good point, you normally will need a license to pick anything autochthonous in a national park, even for scientific purposes.
Well, the original autochthonous inhabitants of Americas would almost certainly preferred to be left alone than getting the Germs, Gold, and Guns "gifts" from the explorers and colonists...
Autochthonous definitions
of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
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"
See also: autochthonal autochthonic endemic indigenous