paleocontinent en · NOUN
Etymology
From paleo- + continent.
Meanings
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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.
2012, Henry R. Frankel, The Continental Drift Controversy, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paleocontinents | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| palaeocontinent | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
ca paleocontinent (continent that existed in the geological past) · de Urkontinent (continent that existed in the geological past)