Nearctic, a. Zool.
(niːˈɑːktɪk)
[f. Gr. νέ-ος neo- +Arctic a.]
Comprising, or pertaining to, the temperate and arctic parts of N. America, in respect of the distribution of birds, etc.
| 1858 Sclater in Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool. II. 136 The northern, or Nearctic region, extending down the centre of the table-land of Mexico. 1877 Le Conte Elem. Geol. iv. (1879) 161 The Nearctic [region] has been subdivided into four provinces. 1882 American V. 188 The opinion already expressed, that the ‘Nearctic’ fauna..could not be considered as a fauna. 1893 Newton Dict. Birds 329 The total of peculiar and characteristic Nearctic genera being..51. |