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aboriginal

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aboriginal in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
    "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
    native  indigen  indigene  aborigine  aboriginal 
adjective
  1. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
    "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
    native  aboriginal 
  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"
    aboriginal  primal  primeval  primaeval  primordial 
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