Arctica

See also: arctica

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Arctica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arcticidae – several bivalve mollusks, including quahogs.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Arctica islandica - sole extant species

References

• Arctica (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arctica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Arctica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin arctica, from arcticus (“northern”), from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern”), from Ἄρκτος (Árktos, “Arctos, the Great Bear Constellation”), the constellation Ursa Major which points to the North Celestial Pole, from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”), the star pattern shape of the constellation Arctos.

Proper noun

Arctica

1. An ancient continent situated in the Arctic, formed from the Canadian and Siberian shields.
2. A hypothetical continent that allegedly sank into the Arctic Ocean.

Translations

An ancient continent

• Finnish: Arctica

See also

proposed sunken continents

• Atlantis
• Lemuria
• Mu
• Zealandia

Anagrams

• Ritacca, acratic