a. [ See Aborigines. ] 1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. “Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An animal or a plant native to the region. [ 1913 Webster ]
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Primarily. [ 1913 Webster ]