Australasian en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English Australasia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Australasian From Australasia + -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.
Much more diffuse affinities occur to the Australasian monotypic Goebeliellaceae.
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:
Deriveds
Australasian swamphen · Australasian pig-nose turtle · Australasian treecreeper · Australasian slimwing · Australasian figbird · Australasian robin
Synonyms
Translations (3)
it australasiano (relating to Australia and its surrounding regions) · la australasicus (relating to Australia and its surrounding regions) · ga Astraláiseach (relating to Australia and its surrounding regions)