Nearctic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]