arctic : Idioms & Phrases

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arctic archipelago

  • noun all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle
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arctic char

  • noun small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England
    Salvelinus alpinus.
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arctic circle

  • noun a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice
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arctic fox

  • noun thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
    white fox; Alopex lagopus.
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arctic ground squirrel

  • noun large ground squirrel of the North American far north
    Citellus parryi; parka squirrel.
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arctic hare

  • noun a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter
    polar hare; Lepus arcticus.
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arctic moss

  • noun an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans
    reindeer moss; Cladonia rangiferina; reindeer lichen.
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arctic mouse-ear

  • noun widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
    Alpine mouse-ear; Cerastium alpinum.
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arctic ocean

  • noun ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs
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arctic poppy

  • noun subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers
    Iceland poppy; Papaver nudicaule.
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arctic skua

  • noun a variety of jaeger
    Stercorarius parasiticus; parasitic jaeger.
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arctic willow

  • noun low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
    Salix arctica.
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arctic wolf

  • noun wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail
    white wolf; Canis lupus tundrarum.
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arctic zone

  • noun the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
    North Frigid Zone; Arctic.
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gates of the arctic national park

  • noun a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier
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