nummulite
English
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Etymology
[edit]From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name).
Noun
[edit]nummulite (plural nummulites)
- A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
- Synonyms: (plural) Pharaoh's beans, (plural) Pharaoh's pence, nummuline
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]nummulite f (plural nummulites)
Further reading
[edit]- “nummulite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]nummulite m (plural nummuliti)
Derived terms
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- English terms suffixed with -lite
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- French feminine nouns
- Italian lemmas
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