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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
2. 2
   large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

nummulinepharaoh's beanspharaoh's pence

Etymology

From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name).

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