Nummulite Definition

nŭmyə-līt
noun
A large, coin-shaped, fossil foraminifer of the genus Nummulites, widely distributed in limestone formations from the Eocene Epoch to the Miocene Epoch of the Cenozoic.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Nummulites) of nearly extinct foraminifera with a somewhat disk-shaped shell.
Webster's New World

A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.

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Other Word Forms of Nummulite

Noun

Singular:
nummulite
Plural:
nummulites

Origin of Nummulite

  • From New Latin Nummulītēs type genus from Latin nummulus diminutive of nummus coin probably from Greek nomimos customary, legal nem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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