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indigenous

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in·dig·e·nous  (n-dj-ns)
adj.
1. Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment. See Synonyms at native.
2. Intrinsic; innate.

[From Latin indigena, a native; see indigen.]

in·dige·nous·ly adv.
in·dige·nous·ness n.

indigenous [ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs]
adj (when postpositive, foll by to)
1. originating or occurring naturally (in a country, region, etc.); native
2. innate (to); inherent (in)
[from Latin indigenus, from indigena indigene, from indi- in + gignere to beget]
indigenously  adv
indigenousness , indigenity [ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛnɪtɪ] n

indigenous  (n-dj-ns)
Native to a particular region or environment but occurring naturally in other places as well. The American black bear is indigenous to many different parts of North America. Compare alienendemic
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.indigenous - 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"
native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

indigenous
adjective native, original, aboriginal, home-grown, autochthonous the country's indigenous population
Translations
indigenous [ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs] ADJ [people, population] → indígena, autóctono
the elephant is indigenous to Indiael elefante es autóctono de India
indigenous [ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs] adj [population] → indigène
indigenous to → indigène de
indigenous
adjeinheimisch (→ to in +dat); customslandeseigen; indigenous languageLandessprache f; plants indigenous to Canadain Kanada heimische or beheimatete Pflanzen; indigenous tribeseinheimische or eingeborene Volksstämme
indigenous [ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs] adjindigeno/a
indigenous [ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs] adjindigeno/a


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First, it is likely that before the rise of the Ionian epos there existed in Boeotia a purely popular and indigenous poetry of a crude form: it comprised, we may suppose, versified proverbs and precepts relating to life in general, agricultural maxims, weather-lore, and the like.
Also a few pages might have been given up profitably to the consideration of the indigenous flora and fauna of Kukuanaland.
Strictly this word is not indigenous to the whale's vocabulary.
 
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