GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Austral (>), a. [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral.]
1. Southern; lying or being in the south; as, “austral land; austral ocean.”
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2. (Biogeography) Designating, or pertaining to, a zone extending across North America between the Transition and Tropical zones, and including most of the United States and central Mexico except the mountainous parts.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator.
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