7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver. (b) Found in nature; not
artificial; as native sodium chloride.
Native American party.
See under American, a. — Native bear (Zoöl.), the koala. — Native bread
(Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. —
Native devil. (Zoöl.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil. — Native hen (Zoöl.), an Australian rail
(Tribonyx Mortierii). — Native pheasant. (Zoöl.) See Leipoa. — Native rabbit (Zoöl.), an Australian
marsupial (Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form. — Native sloth (Zoöl.), the koala.
— Native thrush (Zoöl.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); — called also thickhead.
— Native turkey (Zoöl.), the Australian bustard (Choriotis australis); — called also bebilya.
Syn. — Natural; natal; original; congential. — Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of
a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language,
etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is
inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result
of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial.
Native
(Na"tive) n.
1. One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit,
or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.
2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to
pure and distinct imported breeds. [U.S.]
Natively
(Na"tive*ly), adv. By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.
Nativeness
(Na"tive*ness), n. The quality or state of being native.
Nativism
(Na"tiv*ism) n.
1. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign
countries.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of
sensation.
Nativist
(Na"tiv*ist) n. An advocate of nativism.
Nativistic
(Na`tiv*is"tic) a. Relating to nativism.
Nativity
(Na*tiv"i*ty) n.; pl. Nativies [F. nativité, L. nativitas. See Native, and cf. NaïvetÉ.]
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place,
manner, etc. Chaucer.
I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
Shak.
Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
Ruth ii. 11.
These in their dark nativity the deep
Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
Milton. 2. (Fine Arts) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is
the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was
born.