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单词 autochthon
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
au•toch•thon  (ô tokthən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -thons, -tho•nes 
    (-thə nēz′).USA pronunciation 
  1. Anthropologyan aboriginal inhabitant.
  2. Ecologyone of the indigenous animals or plants of a region.
  3. Geologya geological formation formed in the region where found. Cf. allochthon.
  • Greek autóchthōn of the land itself, equivalent. to auto- auto-1 + chthó̄n the earth, land, ground
  • 1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
autochthon /ɔːˈtɒkθən -θɒn/ n ( pl -thons, -thones / -θəˌniːz/)
  1. (often plural) one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
  2. an animal or plant that is native to a particular region
Etymology: 17th Century: from Greek autokhthōn from the earth itself, from auto- + khthōn the earth
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