FUSULINID


Meaning of FUSULINID in English

Pronunciation: ˌ fyü-z ə - ' l ī -nid, - ' l ē -, - ' li-

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Fusulinidae, from Fusulina, a genus, from Latin fusus spindle + -ulus -ule + New Latin -ina, diminutive suffix

Date: 1941

: any of a family (Fusulinidae) of extinct marine foraminifers

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