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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Arctic/ˈɑːktɪk/
▶adjective
  • 1 relating to the regions around the North Pole.

    ■ living or growing in such regions.

  • 2 (arctic) informal (of weather) very cold.
▶noun
  • 1 (the Arctic) the regions around the North Pole.
  • 2 US a thick waterproof overshoe.
  • 3 (arctic) a drab-coloured hairy butterfly of the arctic and subarctic regions of the New World. [Genus Oenis.]
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. arcticus, articus, based on Gk arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, Pole Star’.



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