PROTOCONTINENT


Meaning of PROTOCONTINENT in English

/proh'toh kon"tn euhnt/ , n. Geol.

an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.

[ 1955-60; PROTO- + CONTINENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .