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Nummulite

Nummulite Meaning & Definition
Nummulite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nummulite?

[n] large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period

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See Also | family Nummulitidae | foram | foraminifer | Nummulitidae

Nummulite In Webster's Dictionary

\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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