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noun
A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Pharaoh's beans, Pharaoh's pence, nummuline
Antonyms: none provided
noun
large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: foram, foraminifer
History
From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ite.
