adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the Palearctic.
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Palearctic
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Meaning 2
One of the major ecozones of the world, covering Europe, the former territories of the USSR, part of North Africa, and North Asia including the Himalaya foothills.
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Topics: biogeography, biology, geography, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology
Adjectival form of Palearctic, mirroring the relation between Arctic and arctic.
Coined by English zoologist, ornithologist, and lawyer Philip Sclater in 1858 as one of the six general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Derived from paleo- + Arctic in contrast to neo- + Arctic (Nearctic), in reference to the Northern ("Arctic") portions of the Old World and the New World respectively.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 古北區的 /古北区的 (Gǔběiqū de) — Relating to the Palearctic
- French: paléarctique — Relating to the Palearctic
- German: paläarktisch — Relating to the Palearctic
- Hungarian: palearktikus — Relating to the Palearctic
- Italian: paleartico — Relating to the Palearctic
- Italian: paleoartico — Relating to the Palearctic
- Korean: 구북구 (gubukgu) — Relating to the Palearctic
- Polish: palearktyczny — Relating to the Palearctic
- Portuguese: paleártico — Relating to the Palearctic
- Russian: палеаркти́ческий (palearktíčeskij) — Relating to the Palearctic
- Arabic: مِنْطَقَة قُطْبِيَّة شَمَالِيَّة قَدِيمَة — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Esperanto: Palearktiso — One of the major ecozones of the world
- French: Paléarctique — One of the major ecozones of the world
- German: Paläarktis — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Hungarian: Palearktisz — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Polish: Palearktyka — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Portuguese: Paleártico — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Russian: Палеа́рктика (Paleárktika) — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Slovene: Palearktika — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Spanish: Paleártico — One of the major ecozones of the world
- Ukrainian: Палеа́рктика (Paleárktyka) — One of the major ecozones of the world
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