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Noun: nummulite
  1. Large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
    "Nummulites were used as building materials in ancient Egyptian pyramids"

Derived forms: nummulites

Type of: foram [informal], foraminifer

Part of: family Nummulitidae, Nummulitidae

Encyclopedia: Nummulite