Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the
southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a
circle, distant from the pole 23¡ 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole,
circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also bêche de mer, sea ...