Australasian
English
editEtymology
editFrom Australasia + -an.
Adjective
editAustralasian (not comparable)
- Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
- Much more diffuse affinities occur to the Australasian monotypic Goebeliellaceae.
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editDerived terms
editTranslations
editrelating to Australia and its surrounding regions
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Noun
editAustralasian (plural Australasians)
- A native or inhabitant of Australasia.
Translations
edita native or inhabitant of Australasia
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