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   Arctic

   /ˈɑːktɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the regions around the North Pole: "an Arctic explorer"
   • ▪ (of animals or plants) living or growing in the region around the North Pole: "Arctic plants"
   • 2. (of weather conditions) very cold: informal "February brought arctic conditions"

   noun

   • 1. the regions around the North Pole.
   • 2. a thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above. North American
   • 3. a drab-coloured hairy butterfly of the arctic and subarctic regions of the New World.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’.

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