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Holarctic
[ ho-lahrk-tik, -ahr-tik, hoh- ]
adjective
, Zoogeography.
- belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
Holarctic
/ həʊˈlɑːktɪk /
adjective
- of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Holarctic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Holarctic1
C19: from holo- + arctic
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Example Sentences
But these distinctions should be and are retained in the divisions of the Holarctic.
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So on the whole, this region has not developed so rapidly as the Holarctic.
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There are no orders, and there seem to be no families which are found in the Holarctic and nowhere else.
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In the second place, the line of migration seems to have been outward from the holarctic region.
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In our part of the Holarctic, that is, the Nearctic, the familiar birds about us do not nest also in the tropical regions.
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