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protocontinent

protocontinent noun: a landmass capable of becoming a continent.

Noun

protocontinent (plural protocontinents)

  1. A landmass capable of becoming a continent.
    • There were still plenty of islands about, including proto-Britain in the west and Iberia in the south, but stretching from the Turgai Strait in the east to Scandinavia in the north, a European proto-continent was beginning to take shape, one that no amount of rising seas or shifting tectonic plates...2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 55

Forms of protocontinent

pluralprotocontinents
alternative formproto-continent

Origin of protocontinent

From proto- + continent.

Questions about protocontinent

What does protocontinent mean?
Protocontinent means a landmass capable of becoming a continent.
What part of speech is protocontinent?
Protocontinent is a noun.
What is the plural of protocontinent?
The plural of protocontinent is protocontinents.

Words near protocontinent in the dictionary

  1. protocone
  2. protocones
  3. protoconid
  4. protoconids
  5. protoconodont
  6. protocontinent
  7. protocontinents
  8. protoconule
  9. protoconules
  10. protoconversation
  11. protoconversational

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