orbitoline
/ɔːˈbɪtəlʌɪn/ /ɔːˈbɪt(ə)lʌɪn/Palaeontology
adjective
Originally: of, relating to, or resembling the extinct genus Orbitolina of foraminiferans. Later: = orbitolinid.
noun
Originally: a foraminiferan of this genus. Later: = orbitolinid.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Orbitolina, genus name from orbitol- (in Orbitolites) + -ina.
- Middle Latin
- middle latitude
- middle leg
- middle level
- middle life
- middle line
- middle linebacker
- Middle Low German
- middleman
- middle management
- middle manager
- middlemanship
- middle market
- middle market price
- middle mast
- middle mediastinum
- middle-middle
- middle-middle-class
- middlemost
- middle name
- middleness
- middle night
- middle-of-the-road
- middle-of-the-roadism
- middle-of-the-roadness