English Explanatory Dictionary

Nearctic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the major ecozones of the world, covering most of the North American continent.
adj
  1. Relating to the Nearctic ecozone.

Word forms

Nearctic

Etymology

Coined by English zoologist, ornithologist, and lawyer Philip Sclater in 1858. Compound of neo + arctic — New World arctic — in contrast to Palearctic (paleo- + Arctic), Old World arctic.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on N Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary