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nummulite

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Noun
 : 
num=mu=lite

CIDE DICTIONARY

nummuliten. [L. nummus a coin + -lite: cf. F. nummulite.].
     A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nummulite, n. a disc-shaped fossil shell of a foraminiferous protozoan found in Tertiary strata.

Etymology
L nummulus dimin. of nummus coin

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