Nearctic

American  

[nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-] / niˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr- /

adjective

Biogeography.

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

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Nearctic British  

/ nɪˈɑːktɪk /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of Nearctic

First recorded in 1855–60; ne- + Arctic

Example Sentences

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Nearctic

The only family of birds restricted to the Nearctic Region.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Nearly 20 more are properly Palaearctic, but occasionally occur in America, and about 50 are Nearctic, which from time to time stray to Europe or Asia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The Dippers, constituting the genus Cinclus and the family Cinclidæ, are sparingly distributed, principally in the Alpine Regions which contain clear and perennial streams, throughout the Palæarctic and Nearctic Regions.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

More than one-third of the genera of Nearctic birds are common also to the Palaearctic subregion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Of these 128 are common to the Nearctic subregion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various