PANGAEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

Synonyms:

Pangaea; Pangea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)

Domain category:

plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)

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