autochthon

[ aw-tok-thuhn ]

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noun

, plural au·toch·thons, au·toch·tho·nes [aw-, tok, -th, uh, -neez].

autochthon

/ -θɒn; ɔːˈtɒkθən /

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First recorded in 1640–50; from Greek autóchthōn “of the land itself,” equivalent to auto- auto- ¹ + chthṓn “the earth, land, ground”

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C17: from Greek autokhthōn from the earth itself, from auto- + khthōn the earth

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Tchekoff is a true product of Russian literature, an autochthon plant, nourished by his natal sap.

He is earth-born, autochthon, and holds possession by descent.

To the elder of the third pair of twins he gave the name Mneseus, and Autochthon to the one who followed him.

There I called them (p. 89) "Autochthon-morphological" and "adaptive-morphological characters."

Autochthon, aw-tok′thon, n. one of the primitive inhabitants of a country: an aboriginal:—pl.

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