au|toch|tho|nous

au|toch|tho|nous
au|toch|tho|nous « TOK thuh nuhs», adjective.
1. originating where found; aboriginal; indigenous.
2. belonging to a region; native: »

Most of them [Native Americans] believe themselves to be autochthonous (Saturday Review).


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  • tho — acan·tho·ceph·a·la; acan·tho·ceph·a·li; acan·tho·ce·re·us; acan·tho·chei·lo·ne·ma; acan·tho·cyb·i·um; ac·an·tho·dea; ac·an·tho·des; ac·an·tho·dii; acan·tho·li·mon; ac·an·tho·ma; acan·tho·phis; acan·tho·pod; acan·tho·pore; acan·tho·scel·i·des;… …   English syllables

  • toch — au·toch·thon; au·toch·tho·nism; au·toch·tho·nous; au·toch·tho·nous·ly; au·toch·tho·ny; toch·er; au·toch·tho·nal; au·toch·thone; au·toch·thon·ic; …   English syllables

  • nous — ab·dom·i·nous; ac·i·nous; acrog·e·nous; acrog·y·nous; acu·mi·nous; ae·ru·gi·nous; al·bu·mi·nous; al·loch·tho·nous; al·log·e·nous; al·lo·thig·e·nous; al·ti·tu·di·nous; alu·mi·nous; am·a·nous; am·phi·car·pog·e·nous; am·phig·e·nous;… …   English syllables

  • autochthonous — au·toch·tho·nous …   English syllables

  • autochthonously — au·toch·tho·nous·ly …   English syllables

  • au — ac·tin·au·to·graph·ic; al·lu·au·dite; am·au·ro·sis; an·au·dia; ar·au·car·ia; ar·au·car·i·a·ce·ae; ar·au·car·i·ox·y·lon; AU; Au; au·bade; au·bain; au·be·pine; au·berge; au·ber·gine; au·brie·tia; au·brite; au·ca; au·can; au·can·er; au·che·nia; au;… …   English syllables

  • autochthonous — au•toch•tho•nous [[t]ɔˈtɒk θə nəs[/t]] also au•toch′tho•nal adj. 1) ecl ant aboriginal; indigenous 2) native to or formed in the place where found 3) pat Pathol. located in a part of the body in which it originated, as a cancer or infection 4)… …   From formal English to slang

  • autochthonous — 1. Native to the place inhabited; aboriginal. 2. Originating in the place where found; said of a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is. [auto + G. chthon, land, ground …   Medical dictionary

  • Authochthonic — Autochthonal Au*toch tho*nal, Authochthonic Au thoch*thon ic, Autochthonous Au*toch tho*nous, a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Autochthonal — Au*toch tho*nal, Authochthonic Au thoch*thon ic, Autochthonous Au*toch tho*nous, a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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