[nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-] 
| belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone. |
| Ne·arc·tic (nē-ärk'tĭk, -är'tĭk) adj. Of or designating the biogeographic region that includes the Arctic and Temperate areas of North America and Greenland. [ne(o)- + arctic.] |
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