"nummulite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nummulites [plural]
Etymology: From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|nummulite}} French nummulite, {{der|en|la|nummulus||little coin}} Latin nummulus (“little coin”), {{taxfmt|Nummulites|genus}} Nummulites Head templates: {{en-noun}} nummulite (plural nummulites)
  1. A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils. Wikipedia link: nummulite Synonyms: Pharaoh's beans [plural], Pharaoh's pence [plural], nummuline Derived forms: nummulitic

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