| arctic | Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature. The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the equator, 23 deg 28' from the north pole. This and the antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. See Zone. Origin: OE. Artik, OF. Artique, F. Arctique, L. Arcticus, fr. Gr, fr. A bear, also a northern constellation so called; akin to L. Ursus bear, Skr. Ksha. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| arctic regions | The arctic ocean and the lands in it and adjacent to it. It includes point barrow, alaska, most of the franklin district in canada, two thirds of greenland, svalbard, franz josef land, lapland, novaya zemlya, and northern siberia. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| arctic | a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow |
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| arctic | extremely cold |
| arctic | of or relating to the Arctic |
| arctic | the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
| arctic | at or near the north pole |
| arctic | small trout of northern waters |
| arctic | a line of latitude south of the north pole |
| arctic | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions |
| arctic | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
| arctic | large hare of Arctic America almost completely white in winter |
| arctic | an erect grayish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans |
| arctic | widespread in Arctic and on mountains in Europe |
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