LAURASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laurasia mean? 

• LAURASIA (noun)
  The noun LAURASIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LAURASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAURASIA (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)

 Context examples 

The findings, said scientists, indicate fauna from the prehistoric megacontinent Gondwanaland migrated to Laurasia.

(Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar, Wikinews)