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Nearctic, a. Zool.|niːˈɑːktɪk|
[f. Gr. νέ-ος neo- +Arctic a.]
Comprising, or pertaining to, the temperate and arctic parts of N. America, in respect of the distribution of birds, etc.
1858Sclater in Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool. II. 136 The northern, or Nearctic region, extending down the centre of the table-land of Mexico. 1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. iv. (1879) 161 The Nearctic [region] has been subdivided into four provinces. 1882American V. 188 The opinion already expressed, that the ‘Nearctic’ fauna..could not be considered as a fauna. 1893Newton Dict. Birds 329 The total of peculiar and characteristic Nearctic genera being..51. |