English Explanatory Dictionary

Palearctic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the major ecozones of the world, covering Europe, the former territories of the USSR, part of North Africa, and North Asia including the Himalaya foothills.
adj
  1. Relating to the Palearctic.

Word forms

Palearctic the Palearctic Palaearctic more palearctic most palearctic

Etymology

Coined by English zoologist, ornithologist, and lawyer Philip Sclater in 1858 as one of the six general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Derived from paleo- + Arctic in contrast to neo- + Arctic (Nearctic), in reference to the Northern ("Arctic") portions of the Old World and the New World respectively.

Related words

palearctic

Derived words

Western Palearctic
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