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nearctic

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEARCTIC

Ne *arc "tic, a. Etym: [Neo + arctic. ]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Nearctic

Ne arc tic |nēˈärktik, -ˈärtik niˈɑrktɪk | ▶adjective Zoology of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising North America as far south as northern Mexico, together with Greenland. The fauna is closely related to that of the Palearctic region. Compare with Holarctic. • (as noun the Nearctic ) the Nearctic region. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from neo- ‘new ’ + Arctic .

Oxford Dictionary

Nearctic

Nearctic |nɪˈɑːktɪk | ▶adjective Zoology relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising North America as far south as northern Mexico, together with Greenland. Compare with Holarctic. • (as noun the Nearctic ) the Nearctic region. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from neo- ‘new ’ + Arctic .