Definition of Nearctic in English:
Nearctic
adjective nɪˈɑːktɪknēˈärktik
Zoology 1Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising North America as far south as northern Mexico, together with Greenland.
Compare with Holarctic
Example sentencesExamples
- Manv similarities exist between Nearctic and Palearctic goose populations, but there are also many differences.
- This behavior is also found in the Nearctic gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis, except that, in this species, allofeeding may be allowed during the fledgling period.
- Humans introduced Old World sparrows to the Nearctic, Neotropical and Australian regions.
- Comparisons were made between larvae of C. lari and larvae of other Nearctic species of Ceratophyllus available to us.
- Certain migratory species present special problems, given that Austral and Nearctic migratory populations may be involved.
- Using a phylogenetically based selection of wild moths collected from a Nearctic site, we report that earless species fly less throughout the night than eared species.
- Striped skunks are native only to the Nearctic region.
- Although less intensively studied than Nearctic species, numerous Palearctic and Paleotropical species also utter flight calls.
- Personally, I found value in being able to compare sizes and trajectories in the Nearctic goose populations against those of the western Palearctic.
- The Ethiopian region showed the greatest diversity and the Nearctic region the least.
- 1.1as noun the Nearctic The Nearctic region.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from neo- 'new' + Arctic.