a. [f. next + -IC.] = prec.
1783. Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, II. I. 52. This bird [blue thrush] is found in the isle of Candia, Dalmatia, and parts between, most of the Archipelagic isles, and perhaps those of the Mediterranean.
1841. Blackw. Mag., XLIX. 484/1. The archipelagic neighbourhoods of Kent Road, [etc.].
