austral

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

austral
    adj 1: of the south or coming from the south; "sailed the
           austral seas"
    n 1: the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Austral \Aus"tral\, a. [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F.
   austral.]
   1. Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land;
      austral ocean.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Biogeography) Designating, or pertaining to, a zone
      extending across North America between the Transition and
      Tropical zones, and including most of the United States
      and central Mexico except the mountainous parts.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   {Austral signs} (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac,
      or those south of the equator.
      [1913 Webster]