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Definitions for palearctic
ˌpeɪ liˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr tɪk; esp. Brit. ˌpæl i-palearc·tic

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  1. Palearcticnoun

    One of the major ecozones of the world, covering Europe, the old USSR territories, part of North Africa, and North Asia including the Himalaya foothills.

Wikipedia

  1. palearctic

    The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia. The Palaearctic realm also has numerous rivers and lakes, forming several freshwater ecoregions. The term 'Palearctic' was first used in the 19th century, and is still in use as the basis for zoogeographic classification.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Palearcticadjective

    belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia

  2. Etymology: [Paleo- + arctic.]

Entomology

  1. Palearctic

    relating to that part of the earth's surface including Europe, Africa north of Sahara, and Asia as far south as the southern edge of the Yang-tse-Kiang watershed and the Himalayas, and west to the Indus River.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of palearctic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of palearctic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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