From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Austral \Aus"tral\, adjective [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral.]
1. Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: relating to or coming from the south; "austral winds"
2: of the south or coming from the south; "sailed the austral seas"
noun
1: the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos
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