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

Of the many attempts to subdivide the Nearctic subregion, the same authority favours that of Dr S.F.

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

In any case the various Nearctic subdivisions completely merge into each other, just as is to be expected from the physical configuration and other bionomic conditions of the Nort American continent.

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

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

Of these 128 are common to the Nearctic subregion.

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

I have studied the baculum in chipmunks and in all the major supraspecific groups of Nearctic squirrels.

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by John A. White