資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

      Courage is native to you.                   --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).

   6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]

            the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than
            is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.

   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} (Zo["o]l.), the koala.

   {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
      Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a
      truffle, but much larger.

   {Native devil}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under
      {Devil}.

   {Native hen} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
      Mortierii}).

   {Native pheasant}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Leipoa}.

   {Native rabbit} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian marsupial
      ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and
      form.

   {Native sloth} (Zo["o]l.), the koala.

   {Native thrush} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian singing bird
      ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}.

   {Native turkey} (Zo["o]l.), the Australian bustard
      ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also {bebilya}.

   Syn: Natural; natal; original; congential.

   Usage: {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 artifical.