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aboriginal

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As an adjective, aboriginal means first according to historical or scientific records. As a noun, it means an animal or plant native to a region.

Meanings of aboriginal

6 meanings

First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
“native Americans”
“the aboriginal peoples of Australia”
Similar: native
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”
Similar: primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial

Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal

An animal or plant native to a region.
An indigenous person who was born in a particular placeperson
“the art of the natives of the northwest coast”
“the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”
Similar: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine

Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).