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/ho lahrk"tik, -ahr"tik, hoh-/, adj. Zoogeog.belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.[1883; HOL(O)- + ARCTIC]
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holarctic — holárctic adj. m., pl. holárctici; f. sg. holárctică, pl. holárctice Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic HOLÁRCTIC, Ă adj. din regiunea temperată şi rece a emisferei nordice, cu o oarecare unitate de floră şi faună. (< … Dicționar Român
Holarctic — Hol arc*tic, a. [Holo + arctic.] Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively; specif. (Zo[ o]geography), designating a realm or region including the northern parts of the Old and the New World. It comprises the Palearctic and Nearctic regions… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Holarctic — [häl ärk′tik, hōlärk′tik] adj. [ HOL(O) + ARCTIC] designating or of the zoogeographic region consisting of both the Nearctic and Palearctic realms … English World dictionary
Holarctic — The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and… … Wikipedia
holarctic — 1) the entire arctic region in oceanography 2) a biogeographic region, the Holarctic, including the arctic and north temperate zones of Eurasia (the Palaearctic) and North America (the Nearctic) … Dictionary of ichthyology
holarctic — adjective Distributed in a geographic range around the North Pole; restricted to arctic regions. It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging… … Wiktionary
holarctic kingdom — holarktinė sritis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Viena sausumos zoogeografinių sričių, apimanti 2 geografiškai izoliuotas sritis: Nearktiką (Šiaurės Ameriką iki Meksikos kalnyno pietinės ribos) ir Palearktiką (Europą,… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Holarctic — adjective Date: 1883 of, relating to, or being the biogeographic region including the northern parts of the Old and the New Worlds and comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions or subregions … New Collegiate Dictionary
Holarctic — [hə(ʊ) lα:ktɪk] adjective Zoology relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Origin C19: from holo + Arctic … English new terms dictionary
holarctic — hol·arctic … English syllables
