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transequatorial

transequatorial adjective: across the equator.

Adjective

transequatorial (not comparable)

  1. Across the equator.
    • The birds were all down in the dumps poking and swishing for prey of their own — insects, worms, crustaceans, anything to help replenish their fat stores for the next leg of their long, possibly transequatorial flight.2007 September 18, Natalie Angier, “Songs and Sojourns of the Season”, in New York Times

Origin of transequatorial

From trans- + equatorial.

Words formed from transequatorial

Questions about transequatorial

What does transequatorial mean?
Transequatorial means across the equator.
What part of speech is transequatorial?
Transequatorial is an adjective.

Words near transequatorial in the dictionary

  1. transept
  2. transeptal
  3. transeptally
  4. transepted
  5. transepts
  6. transequatorial
  7. transequatorially
  8. transertion
  9. transertions
  10. transes
  11. transes someone's gender

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