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heterochthonous

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het⋅er⋅och⋅tho⋅nous

  [het-uh-rok-thuh-nuhs]
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–adjective
not indigenous; foreign (opposed to autochthonous ): heterochthonous flora and fauna.
Origin:
1890–95; hetero- + Gk chthn the earth, land, country + -ous
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