Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of a limit or boundary.
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Examples
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Eighty-five species of the birds now listed for North America are of this extra-limital class.
The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson
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Central America, and the West Indies were about twenty-five in number, as given below, those marked with an asterisk being also extra-limital: * Athapascan (Chihuahua etc.); * Cariban (Honduras and the islands); Chiapanecan (Oaxaca); Huavean (Oaxaca); Lencan
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Without a decent photograph some records of extra-limital species would never get accepted anyway, and - let's be honest - who doesn't like looking at a great photo of a bird they may never see themselves anyway?
10,000 Birds 2008
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