D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Aboriginal

/ăbˌ-ẽr-ĭj'-ən-əl/ · Ab·o·rig·i·nal · IPA /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/
01 a. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
  1. 1.
    First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
  2. 2.
    Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood.
02 n. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
  1. 1.
    An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
  2. 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.