nummulite
Meanings
noun
- A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
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Etymology
From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ite.
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