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heteroscian

CIDE DICTIONARY

heterosciann. [Gr. ; other + shadow: cf. F. hétéroscien.].
     One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).  [1913 Webster]

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