Nearctic

[nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-]

adjective Biogeography.

belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.

Origin of Nearctic

First recorded in 1855–60; ne- + arctic

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Examples from the Web for nearctic

Historical Examples of nearctic

Nearctic: temperate and arctic North America, including Greenland.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
The genus is confined to the Palaearctic and the Nearctic regions.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
The boundaries of the North American or Nearctic region have been sufficiently indicated.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3
Various
As yet no remains have been found in the Nearctic Region, where Lemuroid remains occur so abundantly.
A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)
Henry O. Forbes
The Turnstone breeds throughout the northern parts of the Nearctic and Palæarctic regions, as far as land is known to extend.
British Sea Birds
Charles Dixon

British Dictionary definitions for nearctic

Nearctic

adjective

of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of North America, north of the tropic of Cancer, and Greenland

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