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.
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.