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subantarctic

subantarctic adjective: pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.

Adjective

subantarctic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.
    Synonyms:
    notalian

Synonyms of subantarctic

Origin of subantarctic

From sub- + Antarctic.

Questions about subantarctic

What does subantarctic mean?
Subantarctic means pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.
What part of speech is subantarctic?
Subantarctic is an adjective.

Words near subantarctic in the dictionary

  1. subangulated
  2. subanimate
  3. subannual
  4. subannually
  5. subanorectic
  6. subantarctic
  7. subantennal
  8. subanterior
  9. subanteriorly
  10. subantihypertensive
  11. subantimicrobial

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