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Aboriginal : adj
1: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the
beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples
of Australia" [syn: native] [ant: nonnative]
2: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or
original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal
eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest
primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
[syn: primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial]
(noun)
1: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in
Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: Aborigine, Abo,
Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Aboriginal : \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, a. [See Aborigines.]
1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the
aboriginal tribes of America. ``Mantled o'er with
aboriginal turf.'' --Wordsworth.
2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal
blood.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Aboriginal : \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n.
1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
2. An animal or a plant native to the region.
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an
aboriginal of these islands. --Darwin.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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