Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Aborigines

Aborigines (-rij"i*nēz) , noun, plural

[Latin Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or Italy. See Origin.]

1.
The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
2.
The original fauna and flora of a geographical area