NUMMULITE


Meaning of NUMMULITE in English

[ 'nʌmjʊlʌɪt ]

■ noun Palaeontology the fossilized disc-shaped calcareous shell of a foraminifer.

Origin

C19: from L. nummulus (dimin. of nummus 'coin') + -ite 1 .

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