Holarctic

Holarctic [ho-lahrk-tik, -ahr-tik, hoh-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Zoogeography.

1. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.

Origin of Holarctic First recorded in 1883; hol(o)- + arctic Examples from the Web for holarctic Historical Examples of holarctic

But these distinctions should be and are retained in the divisions of the Holarctic.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901]

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So on the whole, this region has not developed so rapidly as the Holarctic.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901]

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In the second place, the line of migration seems to have been outward from the holarctic region.

American Weasels

E. Raymond Hall

In our part of the Holarctic, that is, the Nearctic, the familiar birds about us do not nest also in the tropical regions.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901]

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There are no orders, and there seem to be no families which are found in the Holarctic and nowhere else.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901]

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British Dictionary definitions for holarctic Holarctic adjective

1. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions

Word Origin for Holarctic C19: from holo- + arctic