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Nearctic

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/nɪˈɑːktɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nē ärk′tik, -är′-)

Ne•arc•tic (nē ärk′tik, -är′-),USA pronunciation adj. [Biogeog.]

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

ne- + arctic 1855–60

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Nearctic /nɪˈɑːktɪk/ adj

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

'Nearctic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Holarctic - ne-

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