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‖ Miliola Zool.|mɪˈlaɪəʊlə| Pl. -æ. [mod.L., dim. of L. milium millet.] An important genus of imperforate foraminifera; an animal of this genus.
1836Buckland Geol. & Min. (1837) I. 385 The Miliola, a small multilocular shell, no larger than a millet seed, with which the strata of many quarries in the neighbourhood of Paris are largely interspersed. 1879Carpenter in Encycl. Brit. IX. 376/2 The shells of the Miliolæ..are at present found in the shore sands of almost every sea. |