transequatorial en · ADJ
Etymology
From trans- + equatorial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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: