Endemic
Definition
Adjective
1. Restricted to a particular locality or region (i.e. endemic species or endemic diseases).
2.Regularly found among a particular people or country.
3. Associated with a particular field of study, type of endeavor, or environment.
The red panda is endemic to eastern Himalayan forests.
Word Origin
First recorded in the mid 1600s
From Latin endemicus
en (within)
+ dem (people, district)
+ ic (suffix)
Synonyms
aboriginal, indigenous
Antonyms
foreign, nonnative, alien, introduced, nonindigenous
