LAURASIA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)

Holonyms ("Laurasia" is a part of...):

northern hemisphere (the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator)

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