1. Adjective
First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
2. Adjective
Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
3. Noun
An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
4. Noun
An animal or a plant native to the region.
5. Noun
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"
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