heteroscian

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heteroscian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteroscian \Het`er*os"cian\, n. [Gr. ?; ? other + ? shadow: cf.
     F. h['e]t['e]roscien.]
     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]