Crossword-Solution: LEMURIA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Lemuria | n. | A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LEMURIA | anagram | MIAULER, MUILREA |
We have 5 clues for the answer “LEMURIA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Hypothetical continent of the Indian Ocean. | 1 answer |
| LEMURALIA | 1 answer |
| Lost continent of the Indian Ocean. | 1 answer |
| MYTHICAL land | 1 answer |
| ANCIENT civilisation/civilization | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with LEMURIA (5)
The "Lemuria" of Sclater and Haeckel cannot have been more than a broad bridge in Jurassic times; whether it was ever available for the Lemurs themselves must depend upon the time of its duration, the more recent the better, but it is difficult to show that it lasted into the Miocene.
Sclater has proposed for the hypothetical continent connecting these distant points, and whose former existence is indicated by the Mascarene islands and the Maldive coral group, the name of Lemuria.
Wallace.) And this leads me to say that I cannot swallow the so-called continent of Lemuria--i.e., the direct connection of Africa and Ceylon.
Wallace points out that if we confine ourselves to facts Lemuria is reduced to Madagascar, which he makes a subdivision of the Ethiopian Region.) The facts do not seem to me many and strong enough to justify so immense a change of level.
But Vestinius, stretching his neck like a stork, whispered mysteriously,--“I do not believe in the gods; but I believe in spirits--Oi!” Nero paid no attention to their words, and continued,--“I celebrated the Lemuria, and have no wish to see her.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1952–1958).