Antiscii

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

  Antiscians \An*tis"cians\, Antiscii \An*tis"ci*i\, n. pl. [L.
     antiscii, Gr. ?, pl.; 'anti` against + ? shadow.]
     The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of
     the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite
     directions.
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           The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones
           are always Antiscians.                   --Brande & C.
     [1913 Webster] Antiscoletic