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- [nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-]
- /niˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr-/
- /nˈiəktɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-]
- /niˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr-/
Definitions of nearctic word
- adjective nearctic belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone. 1
- adjective nearctic of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of North America, north of the tropic of Cancer, and Greenland 0
- adjective nearctic designating or of the biogeographic realm that includes the arctic and temperate parts of North America and Greenland 0
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Origin of nearctic
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; ne- + arctic
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Parts of speech for Nearctic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nearctic popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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