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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Aboriginal
    adj 1: of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of
           Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"
    2: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
       from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal
       peoples of Australia" [syn: native, aboriginal] [ant:
       nonnative]
    3: 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" [syn:
       aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval,
       primordial]
    n 1: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in
         Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: Aborigine, Abo,
         Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine]
    2: 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" [syn: native, indigen, indigene,
       aborigine, aboriginal]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, a. [See Aborigines.]
   1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the
      aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with
      aboriginal turf." --Wordsworth.
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   2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal
      blood.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n.
   1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
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   2. An animal or a plant native to the region.
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            It may well be doubted whether this frog is an
            aboriginal of these islands.          --Darwin.
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Thesaurus Results for Aboriginal:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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