NUMMULITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nummulite" is a kind of...):

foram; foraminifer (marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude)

Holonyms ("nummulite" is a member of...):

family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae (a family of fossil protoctists)

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