transequatorial

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ equatorial.

Adjective

transequatorial (not comparable)

  1. Across the equator.
    • 2007 September 18, Natalie Angier, “Songs and Sojourns of the Season”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 December 2024:
      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.

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