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indigenous [in′dij·ə·nəs] (science and technology) Existing and having originated naturally in a particular region or environment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| First, it is likely that before the rise of the Ionian epos there existed in Boeotia a purely popular and indigenous poetry of a crude form: it comprised, we may suppose, versified proverbs and precepts relating to life in general, agricultural maxims, weather-lore, and the like. Also a few pages might have been given up profitably to the consideration of the indigenous flora and fauna of Kukuanaland. Strictly this word is not indigenous to the whale's vocabulary. |
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