Holarctic

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/həʊˈlɑːktɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ho lärk′tik, -är′tik, hō-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Hol•arc•tic  (ho lärk′tik, -är′tik, hō-),USA pronunciation adj. [Zoogeog.]
  1. Ecologybelonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
  • hol(o)- + arctic 1883

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Holarctic /həʊˈlɑːktɪk/ adj
  1. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions
Etymology: 19th Century: from holo- + arctic
'Holarctic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
holo- - Arctogaea

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