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.
2.
Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
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Ab`o*rig"i*nal, n.
1.
An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
2.
An animal or a plant native to the region.
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
Darwin.
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