'Heteroscian' definitions:

Definition of 'Heteroscian'

From: GCIDE

Heteroscian \Het`er*os"cian\, n. [Gr. ?; ? other + ? shadow: cf. F. h['e]t['e]roscien.] One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward). [1913 Webster]