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palearctic

[ pey-lee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-tikor, especially British, pal-ee- ]

adjective

  1. Zoogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of Arabia, and Asia north of the Himalayas.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palearctic1

First recorded in 1855–60; pale- + Arctic

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