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allochthones

allochthones is the plural of allochthone.

Meaning of allochthone

Noun

allochthone (plural allochthones)

  1. Inhabitants of a country with an ethnic background in another country, particularly people of Middle Eastern background living in Europe.
    • The idea was no sooner mooted, than we were reliably informed that we would have to play down considerably the Muslim component, sheltering behind a broader allochthone scout concept.2004, John Eade, Dyab Abou Jahjah, Rosemary Bechler, Identities on the move, →ISBN, page 44
  2. An animal species that lives only part of its life in a particular habitat.
    • The latter again consists of two groups: the autochthone (those that live permanently in the ice all their lives) and the allochthone (those that are associated with ice only for part of their lives, or for part of the year only).2005, Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Arctic Animals and Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge, →ISBN, page 44

Questions about allochthones

What is allochthones the plural of?
Allochthones is the plural of allochthone.

Words near allochthones in the dictionary

  1. allochroous
  2. allochrous
  3. allochthon
  4. allochthone
  5. allochthoneity
  6. allochthones
  7. allochthonic
  8. allochthonous
  9. allochthonously
  10. allochthons
  11. allochthony

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