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Webster 1913 Edition


Nummulite

Num′mu-lite

,
Noun.
[L.
nummus
a coin +
-lite
: cf. F.
nummulite
.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil of the genus
Nummulites
and allied genera.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nummulite

NUM'MULITE

,
Noun.
[L., money.] Fossil remains of a chambered shell of a flattened form, formerly mistaken for money.

Definition 2024


nummulite

nummulite

English

Noun

nummulite (plural nummulites)

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

Italian

Noun

nummulite m (plural nummuliti)

  1. nummulite

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