- a native or national of Australia, or a person of Australian descent澳大利亚人; 澳大利亚人后裔。
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- of or relating to Australia澳大利亚的。
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- Zoology of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Australasia together with Indonesia east of Wallace's line, in which monotremes and marsupials dominate the fauna【动】(动物地理区划)澳新区的(包括澳大拉西亚和华莱士线以东的印度尼西亚, 该地区动物区系中单孔目动物和有袋目动物占大多数)。比较 NOTOGAEA.
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- Botany of, relating to, or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising only Australia and Tasmania【植】(植物地理区划)澳大利亚植物区系界的(包括澳大利亚和塔斯马尼亚)。
派生词
Australianism
noun词源
from French australien, from Latin australis in the phrase Terra Australis 'the southern land', the name of the supposed southern continent.