Lemuria
Pronunciation : Le*mu"ri*a
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the lemurs.]
Definition : Defn: A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. Herschel.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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