BOREAL
\bˈɔːɹi͡əl], \bˈɔːɹiəl], \b_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_l]\
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relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
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comprising or throughout far northern regions
By Princeton University
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relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
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comprising or throughout far northern regions
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.
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Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18¡ C. (= 64.4¡ F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.
By Oddity Software
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Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.
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Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18¡ C. (= 64.4¡ F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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