holarctic

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adjective

Distributed in a geographic range around the North Pole; restricted to Arctic regions.

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Meanings

holarctic1

adjectiveholarctic (not comparable)

alternative Holarctic

  1. not comparablebiologyDistributed 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 and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix

Holarctic2

adjectiveHolarctic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of holarctic.

Origin

From holo- + Arctic.

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Cite this entry
APA

holarctic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holarctic

MLA

“holarctic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holarctic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holarctic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holarctic.

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