Amphiscii

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amphiscii \Am*phis"ci*i\, Amphiscians \Am*phis"cians\, n. pl.
     [Gr. ? throwing a shadow both ways; 'amfi` + ? shadow.]
     The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of
     the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the
     south, according as the sun is south or north of their
     zenith.


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