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Dérivé de indigene, avec le suffixe -ous.

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indigenous \ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs\

  1. Indigène, aborigène, autochtone.
    • Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores. — (Henry David Thoreau, Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree, 1862)
  2. Inné, naturel (à partir du 19e siècle).
    • She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race. — (Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ch. 18, 1852)
    • He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him. — (George MacDonald, "Stephen Archer" dans Stephen Archer and Other Tales, 1883)

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