Usually means: Originating where it is found.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word autochthonous:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. autochthonous: Merriam-Webster
  2. autochthonous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. autochthonous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. autochthonous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. autochthonous: Vocabulary.com
  6. autochthonous: Wordnik
  7. autochthonous: Wiktionary
  8. autochthonous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. autochthonous: Dictionary.com
  10. Autochthonous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Autochthonous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. autochthonous: Rhymezone
  13. Autochthonous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. autochthonous: FreeDictionary.org
  15. autochthonous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. autochthonous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. autochthonous: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. autochthonous: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. autochthonous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. autochthonous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Autochthonous: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. autochthonous: Medical dictionary
  6. Autochthonous: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. autochthonous: A Word A Day

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. autochthonous: Natural History Terms

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (autochthonous)

adjective:  Native to the place where found; indigenous.
adjective:  (biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.
adjective:  (geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.

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