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nummulite

nummulite noun: a protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.

Noun

nummulite (plural nummulites)

  1. A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.

nummulite meaning in Tamil

nummulite in Tamil

புதைபடிவம்

Synonyms of nummulite

Forms of nummulite

pluralnummulites

Origin of nummulite

From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ite.

Words formed from nummulite

Questions about nummulite

What does nummulite mean?
Nummulite means a protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
What is nummulite in Tamil?
Nummulite in Tamil is புதைபடிவம். See Nummulite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nummulite?
Nummulite is a noun.
What is the plural of nummulite?
The plural of nummulite is nummulites.

Words near nummulite in the dictionary

  1. nummulation
  2. nummulations
  3. nummuliform
  4. nummuline
  5. nummulines
  6. nummulite
  7. nummulites
  8. nummulitic
  9. nummulitid
  10. nummulitids
  11. nummulitoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nummulite (page history and authors); nummulite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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