Tasmantis

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proper noun

Zealandia.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. largely historicalZealandia.

    Our results support the hypothesis that skinks colonized Tasmantis by over-water dispersal initially to New Caledonia, then to Lord Howe Island, and finally to New Zealand.

    2007, Smith, S.A., Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Austin, C.C. & Jackman, T., Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43, pages 1151–1166

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
zealandia

Origin

Likely from Tasman, with a suffix rebracketed from Atlantic or even Atlantis; coined in 1919 by geologists Carl Süssmilch and Edgeworth David

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APA

Tasmantis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmantis

MLA

“Tasmantis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmantis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tasmantis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmantis.

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