Hudsonian

adjective

Hud·​so·​ni·​an ¦həd¦sōnēən 

1

: of or relating to Hudson Bay

2

: of, relating to, or being a subdivision of the biogeographic Boreal zone extending across North America from Labrador to Alaska, being bounded to the south and in certain high mountain regions by the isotherm indicating a mean temperature of 57.2° Fahrenheit during the 6 hottest weeks of the year, and marking the northern extent of the coniferous forest belt

Word History

Etymology

Hudson (bay) + English -ian

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Rhymes for Hudsonian

• baconian
• devonian
• draconian
• estonian
• hasmonean
• newtonian
• pannonian
• senonian
• amazonian
• babylonian
• hamiltonian
• parkinsonian