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

  Austral \Aus"tral\, a. [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F.
     austral.]
     1. Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land;
        austral ocean.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  austral
       adj 1: relating to or coming from the south; "austral winds"
       2: of the south or coming from the south; "sailed the austral
          seas"
       n : the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos

















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