indigene

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indigene - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Indigene \In"di*gene\, n. [L. indigena: cf. F. indig[`e]ne. See
     Indigenous.]
     One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an
     autochthon. --Evelyn. Tylor.
     [1913 Webster]

indigene - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  indigene
      n 1: 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]