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Nearctic

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

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.

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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
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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
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