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paleocontinent

noun

Etymology

From paleo- + continent.

  1. derived from continentem
  2. derived from continent
  3. inherited from contynent
  4. prefixed as paleocontinent — “paleo + continent”

Definitions

  1. A continent that existed in the geological past.

    • There was also a northern paleocontinent, Angara-Land, spanning the present-day North Atlantic connecting North America with Europe via Greenland and including the whole of Asia north of the Tethys.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paleocontinent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA