amphiscian

Meanings

Adjective

  • That lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year)

Noun

  • One who lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year)

Origin

  • Ancient Greek ἀμφί ("both ways") + σκίη

Modern English dictionary

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