Definition indigenous in British English

indigenous adjective

adjective

/ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/

indigenous people lived in a place for a very long time before other people came to live there

Synonyms and related words

aboriginal birthright the body politic

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indigenous plants and animals belong to a region because they developed there

Synonyms and related words

amphibious androgynous anthropoid algal androgynous aquatic

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