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nummulitic

nummulitic adjective: pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.

Adjective

nummulitic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.
    • Such was the abundance of Nummulites throughout the length of the Tethys that in many places their remains formed a distinctive kind of rock called nummulitic limestone which, since ancient times, has been much favoured for construction.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 74

Origin of nummulitic

From nummulite + -ic.

Questions about nummulitic

What does nummulitic mean?
Nummulitic means pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.
What part of speech is nummulitic?
Nummulitic is an adjective.

Words near nummulitic in the dictionary

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

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