Holarctic

[ ho-lahrk-tik, -ahr-tik, hoh- ]

adjective

, Zoogeography.

1. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.

Holarctic

/ həʊˈlɑːktɪk /

adjective

1. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions

Word History and Origins

Origin of Holarctic¹

First recorded in 1883; hol(o)- + Arctic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Holarctic¹

C19: from holo- + arctic

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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