Nearctic

[ nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr- ]

/ niˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr- /

Save This Word!

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.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of Nearctic

First recorded in 1855–60; ne- + Arctic

Words nearby Nearctic

neap tide, near, near at hand, near beer, nearby, Nearctic, near-death experience, near-earth object, Near East, Nearer Tibet, nearest and dearest

How to use Nearctic in a sentence

I have studied the baculum in chipmunks and in all the major supraspecific groups of Nearctic squirrels.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks|John A. White
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
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

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

British Dictionary definitions for Nearctic

Nearctic

/ (nɪˈɑːktɪk) /

adjective

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012