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Nearctic definition

Ne·arc·tic (nē ärk′tik, -är′-)

adjective

designating or of the biogeographic realm that includes the arctic and temperate parts of North America and Greenland

Etymology: ne- + arctic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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