Holarctic

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

adjectiveZoogeography.

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

Origin of Holarctic

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

Words Nearby Holarctic

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How to use Holarctic in a sentence

But these distinctions should be and are retained in the divisions of the Holarctic.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] | Various
So on the whole, this region has not developed so rapidly as the Holarctic.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] | Various
There are no orders, and there seem to be no families which are found in the Holarctic and nowhere else.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] | Various
In the second place, the line of migration seems to have been outward from the Holarctic region.
American Weasels | E. Raymond Hall
In our part of the Holarctic, that is, the Nearctic, the familiar birds about us do not nest also in the tropical regions.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Holarctic

Holarctic

/ (həʊˈlɑːktɪk) /

adjective

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

Origin of Holarctic

C19: from holo- + arctic

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