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antarctic

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. antarctic (adjective)
  2. Antarctic (geographical name)
  3. antarctic beech (noun)
  4. antarctic circle (noun)
  5. Antarctic Archipelago (geographical name)
  6. Antarctic Ocean (geographical name)
  7. Antarctic Peninsula (geographical name)
  8. British Antarctic Territory (geographical name)
  9. Palmer Archipelago (geographical name)
  10. Southern Ocean (geographical name)

ant·arc·tic

adj, often capitalized \(ˌ)ant-ˈärk-tik, -ˈär-tik\

Definition of ANTARCTIC

: of or relating to the south pole or to the region near it
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Examples of ANTARCTIC

  1. The group is involved in Antarctic exploration.

Origin of ANTARCTIC

Middle English antartik, from Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikos, from anti- + arktikos arctic
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with ANTARCTIC

Antarctic, Holarctic, Nearctic, subarctic

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