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Meaning of NUMMULITE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
 
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 See Also: family Nummulitidae, foram, foraminifer, Nummulitidae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Num"mu*lite\, n. [L. nummus a coin + -lite: cf. F.
nummulite.] (Paleon.)
A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.
 

 

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