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nummulite

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num·mu·lite  (nmy-lt)
n.
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.
[From New Latin Nummults, type genus, from Latin nummulus, diminutive of nummus, coin, probably from Greek nomimos, customary, legal; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
nummu·litic (-ltk) adj.
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Noun1.nummulitenummulite - large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
foram, foraminifer - marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
family Nummulitidae, Nummulitidae - a family of fossil protoctists
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