Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nearctic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nearctic \Ne*arc"tic\, a. [Neo + arctic.]
Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including
all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In
the geographical distribution of animals, this region is
marked off as the habitat certain species.
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