autochthonous

Meanings

Adjective

• of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed

Adjective Satellite

• originating where it is found
  • "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"

Adj

• Native to the place where found; indigenous.
• Originating where found; found where it originates.
• Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.

Synonyms

aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous, native

Antonyms

allochthonous

Related Words

autochthon, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonism, autochthony