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NUMMULITIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of fossil protoctists

Synonyms:

family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Nummulitidae"):

nummulite (large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period)

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

Foraminifera; order Foraminifera (foraminifers)

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