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paleocontinent

paleocontinent noun: a continent that existed in the geological past.

Noun

paleocontinent (plural paleocontinents)

  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.2012, Henry R. Frankel, The Continental Drift Controversy, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42

Forms of paleocontinent

pluralpaleocontinents
alternative formpalaeocontinent

Origin of paleocontinent

From paleo- + continent.

Questions about paleocontinent

What does paleocontinent mean?
Paleocontinent means a continent that existed in the geological past.
What part of speech is paleocontinent?
Paleocontinent is a noun.
What is the plural of paleocontinent?
The plural of paleocontinent is paleocontinents.

Words near paleocontinent in the dictionary

  1. paleocons
  2. paleoconservatism
  3. paleoconservative
  4. paleoconservatives
  5. paleocontact
  6. paleocontinent
  7. paleocontinental
  8. paleocontinents
  9. paleocoordinate
  10. paleocoordinates
  11. paleocopid

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