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单词 nummulite
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
num•mu•lite  (numyə līt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Paleontologya fossil foraminifer of the genus Camerina (Nummulites), having a calcareous, usually disklike shell.
  • 1805–15; nummul(ar) + -ite1
num•mu•lit•ic  (num′yə litik),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nummulite /ˈnʌmjʊˌlaɪt/ n
  1. any of various large fossil protozoans of the family Nummulitidae, common in Tertiary times: phylum Foraminifera (foraminifers)
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Nummulites genus name, from Latin nummulus, from nummus coin
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