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Nummulite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Nummulite has 1 sense
- nummulite(n = noun.animal) - large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period; is a kind of foram, foraminifer
is a member of family nummulitidae, nummulitidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
Nummulite, n. [L. nummus a coin + -lite: cf. F. nummulite.].
A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Nummulite, n. a disc-shaped fossil shell of a foraminiferous protozoan found in Tertiary strata.
Etymology
L nummulus dimin. of nummus coin
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