[どちゃく, dochaku] (n, adj-no) aboriginal; indigenous[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Indigenous \In*dig"e*nous\, a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL.
indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See
{In}, and {Gender}.]
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1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a
country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
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Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not
indigenous or proper natives of America. --Sir T.
Browne.
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In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap.
--Lion Playas.
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2. Native; inherent; innate.
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Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human
mind. --I. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indigenous
adj 1: 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"
[syn: {autochthonal}, {autochthonic}, {autochthonous},
{endemic}, {indigenous}]
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