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archicontinents

archicontinents is the plural of archicontinent.

Meaning of archicontinent

Noun

archicontinent (plural archicontinents)

  1. (rare) A continental land mass that was present in geologic time
    • Finally, corresponding to the "Antarctic Archicontinent" that was postulated by von IHERING (1890) and by AMEGHINO (1891) on the basis of palaeontological evidence, RAMOS (1984) has recently presented a reactivated hypothesis.1988, Miguel A. Gonzalez, “Late Pleistocene and Holocene Coastal Behaviour front 33° to 40° South, Argentine Republic”, in Journal of Coastal Research, page 59

Questions about archicontinents

What is archicontinents the plural of?
Archicontinents is the plural of archicontinent.

Words near archicontinents in the dictionary

  1. archicerebella
  2. archicerebellar
  3. archicerebellum
  4. archichlamydeous
  5. archicontinent
  6. archicontinents
  7. archicortex
  8. archicortical
  9. archicortices
  10. Archidamian
  11. archidiabolical

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