nummulite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

nummulite (plural nummulites)

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

   Synonyms: (plural) Pharaoh's beans, (plural) Pharaoh's pence, nummuline

Derived terms

• nummulitic

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

nummulite f (plural nummulites)

1. nummulite

Further reading

• “nummulite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

nummulite m (plural nummuliti)

1. nummulite

Derived terms

• nummulitico