From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Indigene \In"di*gene\, n. [L. indigena: cf. F. indig[`e]ne. See Indigenous.] One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. --Evelyn. Tylor. [1913 Webster]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
indigene n 1: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" [syn: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal]