Native and Prime

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

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Prime and native are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prime" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Prime adjective - Highest in rank or authority.

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Native and prime are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Native" with "Prime", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: primary, prim, primed, primal

female	female native	female prime
long	long native	long prime
many	many native	many prime
real	real native	real prime
Other adjectives: male, former, titular, last.

Metroid Prime 2 explains this if you scan a door: It's a low powered force field, meant to keep the native (and not-so-native) critters out/in.

Source: Shoot Out the Lock
This also applies to other animal life native to Cardassia Prime, such as the raw fertilized taspar egg Picard ate in "Chain of Command".

Source: Alien Blood
In Star Trek: Articles of the Federation, it's revealed that to the dominant native religion of Lembatta Prime, a solar eclipse is a sacred event.

Source: Total Eclipse of the Plot

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