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Antipode   Listen
noun
Antipode  n.  One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite. "In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Antipode" Quotes from Famous Books



... this may be mentioned a quotation from Professor Dana, given by Mr. Darwin,[157] to the effect that "it is certainly a wonderful fact that New Zealand should have a closer resemblance in its crustacea to Great Britain, its antipode, than to any other part of the world:" and Mr. Darwin adds "Sir J. Richardson also speaks of the reappearance on the shores of New Zealand, Tasmania, &c. of northern forms of fish. Dr. Hooker informs me that twenty-five species of algae are common to ...
— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart



Words linked to "Antipode" :   oppositeness



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