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protocontinent
[ proh-toh-kon-tn-uhnt ]
noun
, Geology.
- an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
protocontinent
/ prō′tō-kŏn′tə-nənt /
- A landmass that existed at some point in the past. Protocontinents that are thought to have comprised some or all of the present-day continents in a single landmass are also known as supercontinents .
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