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noun

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

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Etymology

From + , probably after , coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915.

Proper noun

A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.