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Dovekie :: Dovekie (n.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove..

Mallotus :: Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod..

Arctic :: Arctic (n.) The arctic circle.

Auk :: Auk (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre..

Dog-fox :: Dog-fox (n.) The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.

Dealfish :: Dealfish (n.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus)..

Rotche :: Rotche (n.) A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove..

Paleo- :: Paleo- () A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography..

Right Whale :: Right whale () Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale..

Ocean :: Ocean (n.) One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans..

Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight..

Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..

Xeme :: Xeme (n.) An Arctic fork-tailed gull (Xema Sabinii).

Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

Sawtooth :: Sawtooth (n.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal..

Iceland Moss :: Iceland moss () A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent..

Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..

Bowhead :: Bowhead (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale..

Palearctic :: Palearctic (a.) Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia..

Hummocking :: Hummocking (n.) The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.

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