nearctic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: Ne=arc=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

nearctic, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nearctic, adj. of or relating to the Arctic and the temperate parts of N. America as a zoogeographical region.

Etymology

NEO- + ARCTIC