n. [ So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the lemurs. ] A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the lemurs. ] A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]